Instructions:  Choose a word or expression from the word list to complete the statements or questions.   Make sure that each one makes sense.  Look up words that you don't know.  Make sure you use the correct form of the word.  Some of the words are not used.

Word List
contend with [v]	deposit [n]	drawback [n]
drench	far and away	flow [v]
hassle [n]	lack [v]	lacking
paddle [v]	revered [adj]	sovereignty [n]
trailblazer [n]	tycoon [n]	vital [adj]

1. Good nutrition is ⁽¹⁾ to your health.
   
   
2. It's so hot out that I'm ⁽²⁾ in sweat after going out to the mailbox.
   
   
3. I ⁽³⁾ the willpower to eliminate sugar from my diet, especially because it's in almost everything that comes in a package.
   
   
4. The attack on the World Trade Center is ⁽⁴⁾ the most psychologically devastating even that happened in the United States--maybe in the world--in modern history.
   
   
5. I am ⁽⁵⁾ the personality to become a business tycoon or any other kind of tycoon for that matter.
   
   
6. In what direction does blood ⁽⁶⁾ in arteries and veins?
   
   
7. I'd rather not go out on the Bay in a kayak because I really don't enjoy ⁽⁷⁾.
   
   
8. You can lead the way.  I'm not a very good ⁽⁸⁾.
   


9. I like giving parties, but I don't enjoy ⁽⁹⁾ the clean-up.
   


10. I really don't see many ⁽¹⁰⁾ to being rich.
    
    
11. The word ⁽¹¹⁾ is hard to spell.  I'm never going to use it in a written sentence.
    
    


12. A 25% ⁽¹²⁾ is required to reserve a room at that hotel, so I think I'll find another place to stay.