(n.) loud approval; applause; Edward Albee's brilliantly written Broadway revival of A Delicate Balance received wide _______ .

(n.; adj.) supporter; follower; biased; one-sided; The union president is a _______ of minimum-wage legislation. A _______ for the incumbent mayor will not support the challenger.

(n.) a clumsy, dumb person; The waiter has been called an _______ ever since he dropped the tray.

(v.) a call to assemble; The teacher _______ d her students in the auditorium to help prepare them for the play.

(adj.) mandatory; necessary; legally or morally binding; In order to provide a reliable source of revenue for the government, it is _______ for each citizen to pay taxes.

(n.) opinion contrary to popular belief; In this town it is considered _______ to want parking spaces to have meters.

(adj.) something inevitable; They were prepared for the _______ disaster.

(n.) a raised platform at one end of a room; The _______ was lowered to make the speaker look taller.

(adj.) belittling; uncomplimentary; He was upset because his annual review was full of _______ comments.

(v.) to cancel by authority; The judge would not _______ the law.