'to please someone, esp. by praising that person in order to get him or her to agree to something': A company wishing to influence the government must butter ___ both parties in the House and the Senate.

Our personalities result from the complex [play] between our genes and our environment

The journalist asked the politician a very loaded ____?

The child's parents or [guard] must give their consent before she has the operation.

The French were completely [play] by the Russian team

Several rioters were [force] removed from the town square.

The book will provide a [stimulate] to research in this very important area.

The professor initiated a [stimulate] discussion between the students.

His father was able to pull some ____ to get him a good job with the company.

After he lost his job, he spent weeks moping ____ his house all day.

'feelings of hate between people because of arguments in the past': There has been bad ____ between the two families for years

The students lined up in single ____ outside the class.