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We spent the night in the cellar praying for __________ from the tornadoes.
salvation
To be the first person to criticize someone or something.
throw the first stone
Schools are turning out _________ children because they are failing to teach them right from wrong, according to a leading headmaster.
amoral
We were _________ on the sea in a normal way.
bobbing
These patients are facing ________ death.
imminent
Here is an astounding and absolutely inexplicable murder, committed in a most ___________ fashion by a person who appears to have vanished from the face of the earth.
dastardly
I heard _______________ that Stacy and Mark are getting a divorce.
A: "How do you know the company is going bust?"
B: "I heard it ____________________."
through the grapevine
The bird ____________ food to feed its young.
regurgitates
Everyone was __________ when she quit her job without warning.
thunderstruck
Jupiter ranks as the 4th-brightest __________ body to light up the heavens, after the sun, moon and the planet Venus, respectively.
celestial
A ________ yellow moon was rising when Luke wheeled his truck to the curb and got out.
lucid
__________ scissors were designed so that young users will not cut themselves.
Obtuse
They still felt ___________, and Maddie wondered if she were going to be unhappy forever.
disconsolate
He is __________ because he has a terrible disease
wasting away
I dragged myself __________ out of bed at five o'clock this morning.
wearily
Pending regulatory approval, the deal will combine AT&T’s HBO Max with Discovery+, Food Network, HGTV and more, creating a media _______________.
juggernaut
Can you _________ ten minutes?
spare
The newest SUV is a gas-guzzling _________ that doesn't even fit in a standard parking space.
behemoth
The hikers were finally rescued after a three-day ________ in the wilderness.
ordeal
In humans, the plant’s toxin quickly causes nausea, ___________, convulsions and vomiting.
delirium
After Galileo's much-delayed launch, __________ ground controllers discovered that its main antenna had become stuck during the craft's long stay in storage.
dismayed
Afterward, both of us were __________ but neither wanted to cook.
famished
There have been reports of questionable characters committing ________ violent acts on the streets and in the train stations.
heinous
For kids unable to see friends, options such as messaging apps and video games gave them an essential __________ to their old lives.
tether
The ancient Egyptians would ___________ the bodies of the dead as part of the process of mummifying them.
eviscerate