1. Rachel�s mother was appalled by the amount of ________ humor on television during hours when young children were still awake.

2. The ________ of the successful product idea was attributed to the extraordinarily creative company president.

3. Computers and word processing software have made the art of hand-writing letters virtually ________.

4. ________ were in order as James performed brilliantly on stage in his first role as an understudy.

5. The paper was ________ so that it could be easily removed from the bound notebook.

6. The movie offended many of the parents of its younger viewers by including unnecessary ________ in the dialogue.

7. The mad scientist ________ the potion with acid, making it not only useless, but also dangerous.

8. The house was consumed in flames and not a ________ of it remained after the fire.

9. The teacher was dismissed for the ________ act of helping his students cheat on the exam.

10. Ignacio�s pain was so ________ that he called 911.