In the last few minutes the conversation has become seemingly ______ as if the discussion were of some minor domestic matte r and not survival itself.

单项选择题He is a hypocrite, a liar, a thief—______, he is the greatest devil I ever know.

单项选择题The victims of drunken driving in America over the past decade ______ an incredible 250,000, with three killed every hour of every day on average.