Word Choice

Oliver was constantly trying to ____________ his masseuse to marry him.

The patients ___________ the nurses all morning so they wouldn't have to get their vaccinations.

Without her father's ____________, she could never become a belly dancer.

Despite frantic efforts to stop it, the stock market crash was __________.

Madame X ______________that the world would be invaded by giant, blood sucking aliens in the year 2005.

After determining the value of the Mona Lisa, the thieves __________ the Louvre to set the ransom.

The little boy was ____________ to sit on Santa's knee.

The princess thought it was a _______________ city because it did not have an opera house.

Directors have often cast that actress for her sweet and ____________ look.

Her recovery from the grizzly attack was so ________ that doctors and specialists the world over were bewildered.