New Words

• abdication
• fluster
• formidable
• ligament
• supplant
• tartar

1. Preventive tooth scaling once a year is recommended if your teeth tend to accumulate _____.
2. Periodontal diseases are infections of the periodontal tissues, which include the gums, periodontal _____ and alveolar bone.
3. That kind of interviewing is used by us to give someone an opportunity to show they are smart and not easily _____.
4. Many of our readers may be able to recollect how _____ such an accusation became in the period at which our story is dated.
5. With the rapid instinct of selfishness, Caderousse readily perceived the solidity of this mode of reasoning; he gazed, doubtfully, wistfully, on Danglars, and then caution ______ generosity.
6. You understand that, on account of your uncle, M. Policar Morrel, who served under the "other" government, and who does not altogether conceal what he thinks on the subject, you are strongly suspected of regretting the _____ of Napoleon.