They had no intention of staging a _________ protest. (order) 2. The odds were slightly _______ against us. (load) 3. He dismissed her fears as ________. (ration) 4. The situation was grave enough to________ further investigation. (just) 5. I had ________ scientists as bearded old men. (vision) 6. They ________ hackers breaking into their information vaults. (vision) 7. His illness placed an _________ burden on his family. (tolerate) 8. I thought the whole idea was just a foolish and dangerous ________. (delude) 9. During the famine, the country was in a _______ state. (chaos) 10. The history of the company is closely ________ up with the history of the Grant family. (bind)