After the war the county's economy was in ___ straits.
Teenagers should not be sent to prison to mix with ___ criminals .
At the age of 89, he was still ___ and articulate
The overnight invasion took the military experts ___.
The older kids ___ the young ones when trading cards.
Cut the olives into small slices and ___ the pits.
She was still recovering from the accident so he avoided any subjects which might ___ her.
He is determined to ___ out the truth about what happened.
They believed they were participating in an insurance ___, not a murder.
Police are making more effort to catch criminals who ___ women.
They won't be able to ___ up their crime any more.
He was held up at ___ by a gang of masked youths.
discard
ferret
scam
dire
hush
stalk
outsmart
gunpoint
unawares
sharp-witted
unsettle
hardened