(n.) a small room or compartment.

(n.) work that is hard and tiresome.

(v.) to elevate; to increase in intensity.

(n.) a means to an end; (adj.) advantageous, useful.

(adj.) causing sorrow or pain; serious

(n.) a vast number (as of people); a throng

(v.) to force, drive forward

(adj.) disbelieving, skeptical

(n.) a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation.

(adj.) offensive, disagreeable, distasteful.

(adj.) giving assistance or support; (n.) a helper, aid

(adj.) frank, sincere; impartial; unposed

(n.) a representative or messenger (as of a government)

(v.) to pretend

(n.) a natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style

(adj.) composed of different kinds, diverse

(v.) to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list.

(n.) a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person.

(adj.) with a harsh, grating sound; (n.) a harsh sound

(v.) to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in a decisive way; to run hastily, scurry; (n.) a pail

The tiniest ________ is usually assigned to the newest employee.

Trade unions lobby to relieve the endless __________ of factory workers.

A small dispute can ________ into a major conflict unless the opposing parties sit down and talk.

An opportunist is someone who is always ready to do whatever is most __________.

Reporters should take careful notes when interviewing to avoid making _________ errors in print.

When the doors opened, a ________ of shoppers headed toward the sales racks.

Hunger often ________ people to leave their homes in search of food.

When the testimony of a witness contradicts the evidence, you can expect __________ stares from the jury.

Doctors are particularly happy to deliver a _________ of a speedy recovery.

Despite their _______ lack of cleanliness, pigs are endearing to many people.

If the main motor fails, the instructions say to turn on the _________ motor

It is safe to be _________ about our faults with friends and loved ones.

On more than one occasion, a former President has been asked to act as a special _______ to the United Nations.

Children sometimes _________ illness to avoid going to school

An opera singer needs a ________ for the dramatic as well as a good voice.

Most college admissions officers actively seek a student body that is both talented and __________.

The young man asked the jeweler to _______ the locket with his fiancee�s name.

By means of a ________, a playwright shares a character�s private thoughts with the audience.

The __________ of metal scraping against metal sets my teeth on edge.

Pirates would not wish to __________ a captured galleon before looting its cargo.