(n) earliest known inhabitants of a region; natives

"Columbus was greeted by friendly ___________s."

(adj) skillful in a physical or mental way

"Her ________ turning of a blunder into a joke eased the tension in the room."

(adj) unselfish convern for welfare of others; thoughtfulness

"Far from being self-centered, he has a sincere _________."

(n) feeling of strong dislike or hatred; hostility

"John has an ___________ toward all foreigners."

(adj) suited to the purpose; appropriate, apt

"The scholar has an ______ quotation for any occasion."

(adj) person whose beliefs, practices are conventionally middle-class

"The ___________ customs of our society have been scorned by the socialists."

(n) using one's brain; thinking

"Athletics is good for a college boy, but there has to be a little _________ too."

(n) an assistant; helper

"The executive's work was so heavy that we appointed a __________."

(adj) accompanying; attendant

"He wants the job but not the _________ responsibility."

(n) make the validity more certain; confirm, strengthen

"One ought not to accept such dangerous figures without some ___________."

(adj) deserving blame, censure; guilty

"The permitting of a bad act is as ____________ as doing it."

(n) division into two groups, parts or classes

"Man and woman: the ceaselessly interesting __________ of the human race."

(n) feeble and childish state due to old age; senility

"At the age of ninety-two, he was clearly in his ________."

(n) a perplexing, usually ambiguous statement; riddle

"I can't figure him out; he's a real _________."

(n) fruitfulness or production; fertility

"In its lush __________, the land yielded three crops a year."

(adj) brilliant in form or color; showy, extravagant

"His speech and dress were so ___________ that they dazzled his audience."

(n) special accomplishment or strong point; specialty

"Let John do the entertaining; that's his _________."

(n) the entire range or extent; scale

"The actress displayed the whole _________ of human passions."

(adj) assumed, supposed; theoretical

"A __________ solution will not always work in actual practice."

(n) anything that stimulates activity, motion; driving force.

"The initial ________ for going to college my be to find a job afterwards, but a more important motivation is to become well educated."