1. His hostility is less to be feared than his ______.

2. A harsh temper may co-exist with a ______ voice.

3. Permanent, not ______ help is necessary.
4. A dead silence is even more oppressive than ______.
5. Pleasure is generally mixed with some degree of ______.
6. His energies were aroused more by failure than by ______.
7. Civility makes no enemies, as _______ does.
8. That day of gloom was succeeded by one of ______.
9. His guilt was more easy of proof than his ______.
10. One lives in prosperity; the other in ______.
11. You should not ridicule but ______ my proposal.
12. Wild flowers are sometimes as pretty as ______ ones.
13. He opposed more frequently than he ______ me.
14. One rises, another ______: one succeeds, another ______.
15. Are you glad or ______ for what you have done ?

COMPOSTION: Is there anything in your past that you would like to change? How
would you change it if you could?

Answers

1. friendship
2. gentle
3. temporary
4. noisiness, clamor, noise
5. pain
6. success
7. incivility, arrogance, impudence
8. cheer, joy, happiness
9. innocence
10. adversity, poverty
11. laud, commend
12. domestic
13. supported, praised
14. ( falls ); ( fails )
15. sad, unhappy, regretful

Would you ever marry someone your parents didn't approve of?

ROLE-Playing
A: You lost your wedding ring. Tell your spouse (B).
B: Get angry with A for losing the ring.