The same sources tell us that this game caught on pretty quickly and soon became a favourite _______ of the nobility and royalty.

Queens have ________ in Britain for 111 of the last 163 years.

An unexpected __________ in electrical power caused the computer to crash.

The _________ of the lines on the graph marks the point where we start to make a profit.

The eradication of smallpox by vaccination was one of medicine's greatest_______ (trumps/triumphs/testaments).

"Animal Farm' is a(n) _______ (allegory/terminology/flair) in which the animals represent the Russian people and Farmer Jones the old Tsarist regime.

He makes his case with great ______ (surge/flair/reign) and passion, intensity, and conviction.

The greatest __________ (testament/moralist/allegory) to the Maya's astronomical knowledge is an amazing illusion built into El Castillo.

He _________ the men's faces closely, trying to work out who was lying.

She knew that by failing her finals she could _________ her whole future.

We had a chance to win the game and we  __________.

After 14 years living and working in this country, she thinks it's time to _________.

He bought that vintage record player _________, even though he had no records to play on it.

Newly found Aztec artifacts may ________ on their mysterious culture.

Since he started taking language classes, his fluency in Spanish has grown ___________.

During the meeting, the executive seemed to _________ any suggestions for innovation, insisting that the current strategies were sufficient.