Sentence Completion

Inexpedient (adj.) means not expedient; not suitable or fit for the purpose; not tending to promote a proposed object.

To coddle (v.) means to treat with excessive indulgence or tenderness, to baby or pamper. It also means to cook in water just below the boiling point.

Vertex (n.) means the highest point of anything; the apex or summit

Nostalgic (adj.) is sentimentally yearning for a point in the past.

Knell (n.) is the sound of a bell ringing slowly for a funeral or death.

Oppressive (adj.) means unreasonably burdensome; heavy.

To wean (v.) means to detach someone from that to which he is accustomed or devoted.

A protagonist (n.) is the main character in a drama.

Osteopathic (adj.) means a system of medicine pertaining to the bone and skeletal system.

Unbridled (adj.) means without restraint.