In _____ Chinese culture, marriage decisions were often made by parents for their children.

 --Don’t you think that was a ______ night? --Yes, we were almost ______ to death by the shaking of the earth.

Joe is proud and ______, never admitting he is wrong and always looking for someone else to blame.

It was just a __________ comment; I didn’t mean it to be taken so seriously.

The work was difficult, but Tom’s ____expression showed that he would finish it in time.