---I heard that he grew worse after taking the medicine．---Yes．He was ___________to it．                          

Shortly after publication, the book became ____ because of the writer’s repeated use of the negative word "nigger" to refer to the black Americans. 

—Which one of these two dictionaries do you advise me to buy, Oxford or Longman?—Well, take Oxford. I think it is the ________ of the two.

The news was so ______ that all the people present at the meeting were _______ at it.

Although he is only a _____ boy. He knows a lot.