t>. He was handsome in ____. The ____ of the sky
was ominous.

<Apprehend, comprehend>. "Lovers and madmen have such seething
brains, Such shaping fantasies, that ____ More than cool reason ever
____."

<Ardor, fervor>. The ____ of the worshipers. The ____ of the
soldiers.

<Artist, artisan>. The ____ who was decorating the walls called to an
____ who was mixing mortar.

<Ascent, ascension>. We easily made the ____ of the slope, and from
the summit witnessed the balloon ____.

<Ascent, assent.> He gave his ____ when I proposed that we wait for
the others to complete the ____ to this point.

<Ascribe, impute.> I ____ it to you as a fault rather than ____ it to
you as an honor.

<Assembly, assemblage.> It was an informal ____. The ____ considered
the matters it had been called to discuss.

<Assent, consent.> When told that the measure would advance his
interests, he ____; but he would not ____ to it.

<Avenge, revenge.> The injury was slight, but he ____ it with
unsparing malice. "____, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints."

<Avocation, vocation.> The lawyer, besides his regular ____, had the
collecting of birds' eggs as his ____.

<Aware, conscious.> Though not ____ of the seriousness of his malady,
he was ____ of the pain it caused him.

<Balance, remainder.> Darrell added the ____ of the coins, but not
even they brought about the ____ he sought between assets and obligations.

<Bashful, modest.> Though ____ socially, he was not what you would
term a ____ man.

<Behavior, conduct.> His ____ in this time of trial was exemplary.
She praised the ____ of the children at the party.

<Belief, faith.> He possibly had ____, but not an active ____.

<Benignant, benign.> Her social manner was ____. The ____ influence
of sunlight.

<Beside, besides.> ____ his personal friends, many people he had not
even met stood ____ his sickbed.

<Blanch, whiten.> At this threat the face of the heroine ____. With a
pail of cheap paint he ____ the dingy wall.

<Blessing, benediction.> After telling his parishioners to be mindful
of their ____, the clergyman pronounced the ____.

<Blockade, siege.> Daily attacks on exposed redoubts marked the
progress of the ____. The fleet lay there in silent ____ of the port.

<Bravery, bravado.> The incident proved that his ____ was not founded
in real ____.

<Bring, fetch.> When you come, ____ the official documents with you.
____ me the scales you will find in the granary yonder.