Sentence Completion

Ardent (adj.) means characterized by intense emotion or enthusiasm, passionate, fervent; glowing or burning like fire.

Usury (n.) is the lending of money at exorbitant interest rates.

To expedite (v.) means to speed up the progress of, accelerate; to process or execute quickly and efficiently.

To blanch (v.) means to turn pale, as if in fear; to take the color from, whiten.

Gelid (adj.) means icy or extremely cold; possessing a cold or unfriendly manner.

Degenerate (adj.) means having declined in quality or value, reduced from a former or original state, to degrade.

Compulsory (adj.) means obligatory, mandatory, required.