(n.) one who attacks common beliefs or institutions (Jane goes to one protest after another, but she seems to be an _____ rather than an activist with a progressive agenda.)

(adj.) humiliating, disgracing (It was really _____ to be kicked out of the dorm for having an illegal gas stove in my room.)

(adj.) stoic, not susceptible to suffering (Stop being so _____; it's healthy to cry every now and then.)

(adj.) commanding, domineering (The _____ nature of your manner led me to dislike you at once.)

(adj.) rude, insolent (Most of your comments are so _____ that I don't wish to dignify them with an answer.)

(adj.) impenetrable, incapable of being affected (Because of their thick layer of fur, many seals are almost _____ to the cold.)

(adj.) rash; hastily done (Hilda's hasty slaying of the king was an _____, thoughtless action.)

(v.) to have impacted, affected, made an impression (The hail _____ the roof, leaving large dents.)

(v.) encroaching, infringing (I apologize for _____ upon you like this, but I really need to use your bathroom. Now.)

(adj.) incapable of being appeased or mitigated (Watch out: Once you shun Grandma's cooking, she is totally _____.)

(adj.) casually rude, insolent, impertinent (The _____ young man looked the princess up and down and told her she was hot even though she hadn't asked him.)

(adj.) unformed or formless, in a beginning stage (The country's government is still _____ and, because it has no great tradition, quite unstable.)

(adj.) indisputable (Only stubborn Tina would attempt to disprove the _____ laws of physics.)

(adj.) incapable of defeat, failure, decay (Even after traveling miles, the _____ runner kept on moving.)

(adj.) unspeakable, incapable of being expressed through words (It is said that the experience of playing with a dolphin is _____ and can only be understood through direct encounter.)

(adj.) incapable of being persuaded or placated (Although I begged for hours, Mom was _____ and refused to let me stay out all night after the prom.)

(adj.) not devious; innocent and candid (He must have writers, but his speeches seem so _____ it's hard to believe he's not speaking from his own heart.)

(adj.) hostile (I don't see how I could ever work for a company that was so cold and _____ to me during my interviews.)

(n.) wickedness or sin ("Your _____," said the priest to the practical jokester, "will be forgiven.")

(adj.) appealing but imperceptibly harmful, seductive (Lisa's _____ chocolate cake tastes so good but makes you feel so sick later on!)

(adj.) refusing to compromise, often on an extreme opinion (The _____ child said he would have scoops of ice cream or he would bang his head against the wall until his mother fainted from fear.)

(v.) to have caused someone or something to become accustomed to a situation (Twenty years in the salt mines _____ the man to the discomforts of dirt and grime.)

(n.) an angry verbal attack (My mother's irrational _____ against the way I dress only made me decide to dye my hair green.)

(adj.) stubbornly established by habit (I'm the first to admit that I'm an _____ coffee drinker—I drink four cups a day.)

(adj.) extremely joyful, happy (The crowd was _____ when the firefighter carried the woman from the flaming building.)

(n.) the act of placing two things next to each other for implicit comparison (The interior designer admired my _____ of the yellow couch and green table.)

(adj.) terse in speech or writing (The author's _____ style has won him many followers who dislike wordiness.)

(adj.) sluggish from fatigue or weakness (In the summer months, the great heat makes people _____ and lazy.)

(n.) the generous giving of lavish gifts (My boss demonstrated great _____ by giving me a new car.)

(adj.) hidden, but capable of being exposed (Sigmund's dream represented his _____ paranoid obsession with other people's shoes.)

(n.) deception, slight-of-hand (Smuggling the French plants through customs by claiming that they were fake was a remarkable bit of _____.)

(adj.) displaying a lack of moral or legal restraints (Marilee has always been fascinated by the _____ private lives of politicians.)

(adj.) clear, transparent (Mr. Johnson's _____ writing style greatly pleased readers who disliked complicated novels.)