多选题The commentator characterized the electorate as ______ because it was unpredictable and given to constantly shifting moods.
多选题The two friends occasionally indulged in ______, as they both enjoyed a bout of good-natured teasing.
多选题Despite the director"s lifelong reputation for humility, the retirement celebration found him unable to modify the urge to ______ his successes.
多选题Unable to discover how the fire started, the inspectors filed a tentative report stating that the cause was ______.
多选题While many educators have hailed the new documentary about climate change as a ______ for teachers interested in engaging their students on the issue, such enthusiasm is far from ______.
多选题They use language not to explain but to ______; each statement is like a reflection in a warped mirror.
多选题Although Harry Stack Sullivan is one of the most influential social
scientists of this century, his ideas are now so ______ in our society that they
seem almost ______.
A. commonplace
B. novel
C. disputed
D. esoteric
E. banal
F. equivocal
多选题Eager to improve upon their journalistic skills, Ines and Juanita were disappointed in their editor for criticisms that were often ______ that ______.
多选题Social networking websites are ______ by nature, as individuals vie with one another (and with advertisements) for their friends" attention.
多选题Much of our knowledge of dinosaurs comes from excavated bones, which, in ______ other clues such as fossilized tracks and eggs, help us to ______ the evolution of these creatures.
多选题Because howler monkeys rarely come out of the trees in their arboreal habitat, the continued well-being of the rain forest is ______ to their survival.
多选题It was not until Dr. Anna Reinstein ______ the results of her several different research projects that the findings ______ into a single, definitive pattern.
多选题The author"s love of harmonious and pleasing sounds was reflected in the ______ phrases of her fiction.
多选题Though he was fascinated by the ______ behavior of others, Darek was, by contrast, the model of ______ in his own comportment.
多选题Some ecosystems are more ______ than others, better able to withstand changes, while other ecosystems are more ______ and therefore susceptible to the slightest alteration.
多选题Like avid gardeners who attack weeds tirelessly, some damselfish are ______ weeders of algae gardens in coral reefs.
多选题Harper Lee cannot be called ______ writer as she has published only one major work; however, her writing in that novel is so ______, so sharply perceptive, that it has earned her enduring popularity.
多选题The Prime Minster handled the crisis calmly and dispassionately, thereby enhancing his reputation for being ______.
多选题The governor concluded that, because the city"s fiscal problems were ______ by entrenched mismanagement, providing rescue funding would be foolhardy.
多选题The director complained that the sitcom"s theme song was downright ______, having no more pep and vigor than a ______.