The fencing champion was __________ with her rapier, but in most other sports she was rather __________.
Jane Goodall was at first a (n) __________ in her field, but since then she has received many accolades for her work.
Alston was impressed by the philosopher’s lecture, but Mario thought the lecture was better characterized as __________ than as erudite.
The senior official __________ at the insinuation that his country’s international trade policies were directly __________ the region’s economic woes.
When Rob became interested in electricity, his clear-headed father considered the boys fancy to be instructive as well as amusing; so he heartily encouraged his son, and Rob never lacked batteries, motors, or supplies of any sort that his experiments might require.He fitted up the little back room in the attic as his workshop, and from thence, a network of wires soon ran throughout the house. Not only had every outside door its electric bell, but every window was fitted with a burglar alarm; moreover, no one could cross the threshold of any interior room without registering the fact inRobs work- shop. The gas was lighted by an electric fob; a chime, connected with an erratic clock in the boys room, woke the servants at all hours of the night and caused the cook to give warning; a bell rang whenever the postman dropped a letter into the box; there were bells, bells, bells everywhere, ringing at the right time, the wrong time and all the time. And there were telephones in the different rooms, too, through which Rob could call up the different members of the family just when they did not wish to be disturbed.His mother and sisters soon came to vote the boys scientific craze a nuisance; but his father was delighted with these evidences of Robs skill as an electrician and insisted that he be allowed perfect freedom in carrying out his ideas.Which is the best selection describing the social commentary inferred in the passage?
The ______ behavior of the demonstrators became even more apparent when they all chained themselves together when the authorities came on scene.
