Unit 8: Completing the Sentence Crossword
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
 
 
Down: 2) Simple _________ seems tobe the main reason such a large percentage of those eligible to vote fail to cast ballots in any election.4) If we increase our tariff rates on the goods of other countries, we can be sure taht they will raise their own rates in ___________6) Now that I am a senior, it is hard to believe that I was ever as innocent and ________ as the membersof the new freshman class.7) If you think of all of the different kinds of food that human beings are able to consume, you will realize that we are truly a __________ species.9) The board of directors voted to _________ him for the skill and enthusiasm with which he had managed the charity drive.10) In spite of all the elaborate safety precautions, I couldn't help feeling a little ___________ as I set out for my first skydiving lesson.13) Technology changes so rapidly that a particular computer may be state-of-the-art one day and ________ the next.14) It is surprising how often people with very different personalities turn out to be ___________ when they get to know one another.15) So there I was, having accepted invitations to two different parties on the same evening. What a ________ to be in!16) Political candidates who do nothing but _________ their opponents character and abilities may alienate voters. Across: 1) "Today'" said the speaker, "we ________ this monument to the memory of all those who fought and died in defense of their country."3) I trust I will never have the experience of trying to cross the desert with a ___________ mule that wants to remain where it is.5) In totalitarian regimes, censorship and violence are often employed to suppress criticism and ________ dissent.8) Although I was unable to visit my old friend's widow in person, I offered my _________ in a heartfelt letter.11) The ________ problems that will face America's Presidents in the twenty-first century will make their job one of the most demanding in the world.12) Struggling to overcome her _________ inclinations, she finally reached into her pocket and handed me one thin dime!17) From all his growling and snapping, you would think our beagle felt a personal ________ toward every other dog on the block.18) It was difficult for us to believe that such a ___________ and cultured gentleman was a member of a gang of international jewel thieves.19) I think that the phrase "on its last legs" is an apt description of that _________ old house down the block.20) Throughout the hot, dusty journey, we __________ in the thought that soon we would be swimming in the cool lake.
 

 

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