Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in its appropriate form. await delay dread confront facade premise feverishly automatically 1. Scientists in California believe they may have discovered a way to _____ the aging process. 2. _____ he s et to work, and by the end of the day he had composed the whole concerto. 3. Although they put up a _____ of honesty, I knew that they were involved in various criminal activities. 4. On my first day a t work I was _____ with the task of chairing a meeting . 5. British and American justice works on the _____ that an accused person is innocent until he's proved guilty. 6. He alw ays _____ asking them for their rent money because he knew it would end in an argument. 7. At first you may find it d i ffi c ult to follow the procedure, but soon you'll be doing it _____. 8. The committee is _____ a decision from the head office before it takes any action.