They __________ and burned the market town of Leominster.
plunder
The manual is full of _______ and slang of self-improvement courses.
jargon
She'd often spoken of her __________ towards London since she had horrible memories there.
antipathy
It tasted indescribably bland and ________, like warmed cardboard.
insipid
We have new offices divided only by glass __________.
partitions
She's been very _____________ and upset about this whole situation so she cried a lot.
depressed
This class was extremely difficult to understand due to the ____________ of quantum mechanics
perplexities
John told us the story of his trip to Tibet in his own _________ way.
inimitable
He walked with a rolling ____
gait
Many people have a natural and emotional ________ to snakes
aversion
The trial could set an important __________ for dealing with large numbers of similar cases.
precedent
It should not surprise us that such an environment has produced a ___________ and independent people.
hardy
He often drinks himself into ___________.
oblivion
It is always _____________ to start any exercise programme gradually at first.
prudent
She ____________ her failure to bad luck.
ascribed
Both of them died in __________ poverty that gave them nothing to eat.
abject
She was filled with _____________ at the conditions under which miners were forced to work.
indignation
Bob looked pale and _______ and he kept silent for five hours.
sullen
A different approach to the solution is an ___________ obstacle to negotiations.
insuperable
High unemployment rate was the country's least ___________ social problems.
tractable
Accusing us of being disloyal to cover his own sorry behavior is truly ___________.
execrable
His widow became a virtual ___________ for the remainder of her life since she was willing to meet nobody.
recluse
The caste system is an ____________ system that should be perished.
iniquitous
Barrow was positively __________ to me after he learned that I was the son of a nobleman.
obsequious
The game had a single ________ rule: obstacles were to be overcome, not circumvented.
inviolable