1.
I have a ______ to talk too much when I'm nervous.
2.
He is by ______ inclined to be rather lazy.
3.
Given the right environment, children are like sponges and will ______up information.
4.
Scholarships are given ______ on the basis of financial need.
5.
Scientists would soon be able to manipulate human ______s to control the ageing process.
6.
Her parents died when she was a baby and she was ______d by her grandparents.