vocabulary 64

The house will sell if the buyer and seller agree on its ____ .

You can pay off your ____ , or you can let them grow.

Some products are not advertised on television because they might ____ young people.

The husband said he petted a ____ , and his wife thought he was crazy.

The ____ bought a fine piece of marble, but it broke.

We would have no space program if humans felt no need to explore the _____ .

The miners dug where they hoped to find large ____ of gold.

____ and sledding are both highspeed sports.

Most people watch the _____ on TV but cannot see them live.

The ____ was big and finely carved, but Alex could not make out the strange animal shapes.

Joe will practice hard this spring and enter the ____ next fall.

The reporter ____ the two politicians, but they had little to say.

She formed a man's ____ from wet clay, and it dried in a day.

The art _____ had famous portraits, but we wanted to see more sculptures.

____ athletes should not accept money or receive gifts for their endorsements.

I gave Mary the article to _____, but she has not corrected it yet.

Pat placed a stone _____ at the gate, and Tony watched the faces of people walking by.

Native Americans have many interesting _____ about the creation of the world.

We live in a country where the ____ is free to print whatever it chooses.

We won many different events thanks to our experienced coaches and well-trained _____ .

Some athletes compete in one ____ and then stop.

Diamonds are ____ because they are rare.

Pearls are ____ , but diamonds are even harder to find.

There are many ____ told about great people after they die.

Newsweek is a _____ that many people buy at newsstands.

While all hoped to get rich _____ gold, most did not.

Mary and Jen will ____ in the games.

Figure skating can be both beautiful and _____ .

Some believe that _____ visited our planet long ago.

Oil paints work best on ____ , and watercolors work best on paper.

My eyes widened when I read about _____ creatures in the science fiction book.

I love to read _____, while my sister cares little for stories about robots and future worlds.

Lucas took his friends to the site where he had ____ visitors from Mars.

Some people play for ____ but not for competition.

The ____ entered our lives when television entered our living rooms.

Some people eat garlic to cure colds, although there is no _____ proof of its medical value.

She read a ____ about how a clever woman tricked a giant.

I like to carve with a ____ , but others prefer a pocketknife.

I had never seen a ____ fly in the sky or land on the ground.

The art of ____ has a long history, and Eric is studying it at school.

The _____ and the journalists took pictures while the house burned to the ground.

Friends barter when they _____ trading cards.

Can you show me where I can find ____ by this author?

You can envy the ____ on your friend's wall, or you can get out your brushes and paint one.

Both individuals and teams of players may ____ for medals.

Some of the best skaters have trained and performed on this _____ .

The evening news _____ the stories that deserve the most attention.

Although some rings and bracelets are made of silver, many people prefer _____ made of gold.

People fled their homes because they did not know that the news story about space monsters was a _____ .

Newspapers make money as long as they sell space for _____ .

They read an ____ on pet dogs before they bought their beagle.

These modern paintings are _____ , but those older paintings are realistic.

You can hang the ____ of your family, or I can put it away for safekeeping.

Before there were machines, making even simple items required hours of hard _____ .

Jen and Ashley watched the ____ dance to the music.

Crossing the mountains had been an _____ until the road was built.

He will have enough ____ after he gets his next pay raise.

Taylor's watercolor paintings are as ____ as photographs, but her pencil drawings are not.

If _____ stories were not exciting, papers would not print them.

Alex has ____ ability, but Joe is more athletic.

The president's letters were ____ in a book after he died.

You can ____ the goods with cash or a credit card.

Mr. Rob has worked as a ____ for three newspapers and five radio stations.

The table is an ____ that her great-grandparents had owned.