Colors

A ..... lie is a minor, trivial fib that does not usually cause major problems.

When my husband and I got married, we had to go through a lot of ..... tape because I am a citizen of another country. These are bureaucratic procedures that one must go through in order to get approval from the government.

My three-year-old daughter was tickled ..... when I gave her that new dollhouse for Christmas. She was so happy about it!

A ..... collar worker refers to someone who works in a position that relates to clerical, office-type work.

The rookie is quite ..... so don't give him too many difficult tasks this week. He'll get more experience in time so you will have to carry most of the workload until he does.

Wow, Steven sure has a ..... personality. He's so boring and hardly said anything to anyone at the party. What a bore!

James didn't have a chance in court because the police caught him robbing that store .....-handed. They just happened to walk in when he was telling the clerk to give him the money at gunpoint.

I like Kathy but she tends to look at everything through .....-colored glasses. She's definitely not a realist. I worry about her because she is gullible too.

The town officials really rolled out the ..... carpet when the president came to visit. They really spent a lot of money on the welcome ceremony.

When the doctor told Anne about her serious, medical condition, she looked as ..... as a ghost. She was so afraid and I didn't know how to help her.