Section One Critical Reading

With speculative investments like oil wells and horse races, money is more easily made or lost; the gain is ______ with the risk.

To tremble in the face of a storm is to _______.

Eleanor steadfastly refused to change her stubborn ways; she remained _______ to the end.

Benjamin Franklin said that _______ is not always a virtue; there are times when you must speak up for yourself.

They ________ their offer of aid when they became disillusioned with the project