1) At seeing the body in his own library he was absolutely ... .

2) Peaceful intentions was something the minister paid  ...  to only in public.

3) He now regretted ... the job he had refused.

4) The banking sector is expected to pick up  ...  with the  Financial Group's board having nominated Euh Yoon-dae as its new chairman.

5) His ... requests to lend him either a lawn-mower or a bread-slicer became tiresome.

6) I feel quite relaxed with Julia, she is such a ...  person!

7) The central bank decided to ... the activity of one of its affiliates.

8) He was so ... by her performance that he didn’t see the crowd leaving the hall.

9) The invention of the new principle of telescopes was a great ... in the space studies.

10) The airplane was ...  to the beam of the barn and was slowly spinning in the air.

11) He hurried to finish the translation, and computer ... made him furious.

12) James was late for his own wedding. This ... accident ruined his life.

13) Feeling concealed danger,  the diplomat all his resources.

14) The new resolution of  the Central bank became a hurdle in the way of lenders.

15) Feeling that the conservatism of CEO might ... the business, the board prevailed upon him to change the policy.

scoffing; petrified; steam; hamper; lip-service; laid-back; repetitive; mesmerized; push; pending;  deplorable; deployed; mockup; hurdle; suspend;

Keys: 1) Petrified; 2) lip-service; 3) scoffing; 4) steam; 5) repetitive; 6) laid-back; 7) suspend;  8) mesmerized; 9) push; 10) mockup; 11) pending; 12) deplorable; 13) deployed; 14) hurdle; 15) hamper;