#30 Fill-in-the-Blank Homework (A)

The doctor had to wait for the ​ (a)   of the patient’s eyes before he could make a thorough exam; in order to see the entire eye, the pupil had to expand.

• dilation
• blanching
• champion
• convivial
• incisive
• fiasco
• labyrinthine
• molt
• philanderer
• salutary

The woman was able to be ​ (a)   and jolly even in the middle of such a(n) ​ (b)   ; it was the biggest mess I’ve ever seen, but through it all she was friendly and sociable.

• blanching
• champion
• convivial
• incisive
• fiasco
• labyrinthine
• molt
• philanderer
• salutary
• dilation

With his ​ (a)   intelligence, he is never at a loss for words; he is always clear and to the point.

• blanching
• champion
• incisive
• labyrinthine
• molt
• philanderer
• salutary
• dilation
• fiasco
• convivial

We expect our heroes to ​ (a)   the weak and defenseless by coming to their aid and defending them.

• blanching
• champion
• labyrinthine
• molt
• philanderer
• salutary
• dilation
• fiasco
• convivial
• incisive

Your talk has had a(n) ​ (a)   effect on the child; his class behavior has really improved.

• blanching
• labyrinthine
• molt
• philanderer
• salutary
• dilation
• fiasco
• convivial
• incisive
• champion

​ (a)   will remove the color from the skin of vegetables, while keeping the taste in tact.

• Champion
• Labyrinthine
• Molt
• Philanderer
• Salutary
• Dilation
• Fiasco
• Convivial
• Blanching
• Incisive

The ​ (a)   constantly sought the love of one girl after another, not really concerned that his insincerity was obvious.

• blanching
• labyrinthine
• molt
• philanderer
• dilation
• fiasco
• convivial
• incisive
• champion
• salutary

The solution to the problem was not straightforward; instead, it was a(n) ​ (a)   maze of false starts and turns.

• blanching
• labyrinthine
• molt
• dilation
• fiasco
• convivial
• incisive
• champion
• salutary
• philanderer

In the spring we sometimes find the feathers of a bird that has begun to ​ (a)   , but we know that in place of the feathers he has shed, new ones grow.

• blanching
• molt
• dilation
• fiasco
• convivial
• incisive
• champion
• salutary
• philanderer
• labyrinthine

It is simplistic to think we can ​ (a)   into one sentence a problem so complicated that the original statement required three pages of text; nothing can be reduced that much.

• blanching
• dilation
• fiasco
• convivial
• incisive
• champion
• salutary
• philanderer
• labyrinthine
• compress