<Abstain, refrain.> He ____ from laughter. He steadfastly ____ from evil courses.
<Abstinence, temperance.> Though he always displayed ____, he did not carry it to the point of ____.
<Accept, except.> I shall ____ most of the suggestions, but must ____ the one made by Mr. Wheeler.
<Accept, receive>. When the package was ____ at the local post office, Bayard refused to ____ it.
<Ache, pain>. The dull ____ of his head. A sharp ____ below shoulder-blade. I have known the ____ of cold hands. "My heart ____, and a drowsy numbness ____ My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk."
<Address, tact>. With firmness and ____ he set about reconciling the factions. Her ____ enabled her to perceive that something was amiss.
<Adhere, cohere>. The magnetized iron filings ____. The cold iron ____ to the boy's tongue.
<Adherence, adhesion>. The ____ of the heated particles to each other was instantaneous. Amid these trials their ____ to the cause was unshaken.
<Admission, admittance>. His ____ to the room was forced. He obtained ____ into a fraternal order.
<Admit, confess>. When he ____ that he had a weapon, he practically ____ that he had slain the man.