Mark slept wonderfully last night despite the ________ music coming from his neighbour's house.
BLARING
They used spray paint to ________ the professor's car.
DEFACE
She's so shy that for her birthday, she decided to go to Paris for the weekend instead of having a party. She definitely doesn't like to be in the ________.
SPOTLIGHT
They would have ran into a lot of ________ if they had held the party during the pandemia.
TROUBLE
In order to be a good leader for your team, you need to set clear ________ without being disrespectful or bossy.
BOUNDARIES
________ crime rates have alarmingly risen during the last couple of years.
YOUTH
You have to clean your bedroom without kicking up a ________ like a toddler.
FUSS
Jason used to sort his food by colour as a child, but he ________ out of it when he started his teen years.
GREW
'This is one of the most ________ acts of violence in our province's history,' said the Governor.
SENSELESS
This graph shows the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases for males and females by age ________ since 22 January 2020.
GROUP
Tik-Tok is currently under ________ because it seems to threaten the US national security.
SCRUTINY
We all have different points of ________, but it's important to respect each other when debating about social and politcal matters.
VIEW
Adele ________ tribute to Amy Winehouse in her Royal Albert Hall concert.
PAID
The teacher keeps a detailed ________ of her students' reading performance.
RECORD
If you want your students to respect you, you have to stop being so ________ and set classroom rules.
LENIENT
After the school shooting, most citizens are in favour of ________ down on gun possession.
CLAMPING
The teacher often ________ devil's advocate with his students so that they could have an interesting discussion and look at other points of view.
PLAYED
It's time he starts ________ with reality and get a job soon.
DEALING
He didn't pay his traffic tickets so he received the court ________ while he was having dinner with his friends.
SUMMONS
The girls in my class wanted to know all the ________ gossip when they knew the teacher had been Shawn Mendes's pivate tutor.
JUICY
All the measures taken by the city council were about public ________ during the festival.
SAFETY
Stop jumping to ________so fast and listen to me!
CONCLUSIONS
We need to find a way of ________ the problem of people not respecting social distance in public areas.
TACKLING
Continuing in this ________ line of business will lead you to jail sooner or later.
UNSAVOURY
Eating is his ________ mechanism to deal with stress and anxiety.
COPING