Choose the right word to fill in the blank of the sentences. 1. Some people comment that there has often been an element of _______ in golf. 2. The emperor issued a(n) ______ that all of the writings by the convicted poet be destroyed. 3. In the first class, the professor said that “we do actually start class with a little bit of history from ______ to modern chemistry, but I decided to skip that this time”. 4. At the end of the 19th century, an amateur meant someone who was motivated by the sheer love of doing something; professional was a rare, _______ term for grubby money-making. 5. The tourists ________ through a landscape of mountains, rivers, and vineyards. 6. The earth convulsed uncontrollably, a _____ opened suddenly and, with a horrid sucking sound, swallowed the entire pool. 7. My life is so miserable that I have to live in the foul _____ day and night. 8. The two Palestinian factions, bitter rivals for years, have made various ________ efforts to settle their differences. 9. There was something _______ about him that she found disturbing. 10. The demonstrators _______ at the mayor as he arrived at the town for a week-long visit. 11. If you say that someone is being _____, it means you are criticizing him because he is making humorous remarks or saying something that he does not mean in a situation where he ought to be serious. 12. Some Japanese women alleged that they were verbally ____ by the American soldiers. 13. Lucy catches the time to enjoy the _______ moments with her boyfriend. 14. To the extent that Lycidas' body has been recovered, that it's been redeemed, Milton is able to ______ the ways of God to men. 15. They issued an ______ to the police to rid the area of racist attackers, or they will take the law into their own hands.