Thanks YuGong...learned several new words in this session

01. I have it on the highest ______authority_____ that the lead in the play has been chosen.

02. I am going to ___encourage________ my brother to become a lawyer.

03. Uncle Sam is the well-known ___symbol_________ of the United States.

04. We pay $5 a month to keep our house free from ________vermin____ .

05. When a country is ___neutral________ , it does not want to get involved in foreign conflict.

06. What type of art work do you ______consider_____ to be beautiful?

07. The lion clawed at the visitors to the zoo.

08. To hear the _______wail____ of a person in sorrow is to hear a dismal sound.

09. Only a ____trifle_______ of Ivan's fortune was left to his human beneficiaries; most of the money was iven to his cats.

10. I _____detest_____people who are jealous of my success.

11. The unpleasant salesgirl always had a ____scowl_______ on her face.

12. My father warned me not to _____sneer_____ at our poor relatives.