Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. traction
2. ethos
3. resolving
4. timeless
5. grounded

1. Thousands of people lived according to an _____ of sharing and caring.
2. Fiction should be _____ in reality.
3. I could see no way of _____ this moral dilemma.
4. The president's message is gaining _____ among undecided voters.
5. His work has a _____ quality.

Answer key
1. ethos
2. grounded
3. resolving
4. traction
5. timeless

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. shaped
2. crossroads
3. home to
4. harmonize
5. transcends

1. We are standing at an important _____ in the history of Europe.
2. The new offices _____ with the other buildings in the area.
3. People’s political beliefs are _____ by what they see in the papers.
4. Love _____ everything else.
5. The Rockies are _____ bears and mountain lions.

Answer key
1. crossroads
2. harmonize
3. shaped
4. transcends
5. home to

Fill in the blanks using the following expressions.
1. address
2. core
3. embedded
4. complexity
5. grounded

1. Concern for the environment is at the _____ of our policies.
2. He's very _____ even though he has so much money.
3. Only now did he understand the full _____ of the problem.
4. Your essay does not _____ the real issues.
5. These attitudes are deeply _____ in our society.

Answer key
1. core
2. grounded
3. complexity
4. address
5. embedded