She was still recovering from the accident so he avoided any subjects which might ___ her.
He was held up at ___ by a gang of masked youths.
They won't be able to ___ up their crime any more.
Cut the olives into small slices and ___ the pits.
Teenagers should not be sent to prison to mix with ___ criminals .
Police are making more effort to catch criminals who ___ women.
After the war the county's economy was in ___ straits.
He is determined to ___ out the truth about what happened.
The overnight invasion took the military experts ___.
At the age of 89, he was still ___ and articulate
They believed they were participating in an insurance ___, not a murder.
The older kids ___ the young ones when trading cards.
sharp-witted
scam
stalk
unsettle
outsmart
unawares
hush
discard
dire
hardened
ferret
gunpoint