Easily confused words 2

This adjective means "having a feeling of opposition or distaste."

Fill in the blank: "They broke up, but they will remain friends because the split was ___________."

Fill in the blank: "He never tells the truth. Everything he says is a _______ lie."

Fill in the blank: "I'm sorry to ___________ a sensitive subject, but when are you going to have a baby?"

This word means to make a threatening situation safer.

Fill in the blank: "The main ___________ of the electric centrifugal juicer is that it gets too hot."

This word means causing or capable of causing fear.

Fill in the blank: "Drivers constantly _______ the speed limit, most going significantly faster than the posted 30 miles per hour."

Fill in the blank: "Our plan wasn't working, so we decided to change ______."

Fill in the blank: "Flashes of ________ lit the sky."