9) He's been voted as head of the department ______ and will be a great leader. 10) It seems to me that this novelist delights in ______ elaborate and complicated plots in his works. 11) Our car broke down, so we had to rent a car, which was a(n) ______ financial burden on my family. 12 ) Jim had high ______ to open a law firm even before he graduated from the law school. 13) She felt a deep sense of ______ to the teacher who had financed her through college education. 14) Keen to preserve his ______ as an actor, he refused several well-paid commercial advertisement offers. 15) He has remained ______ to the President's administration when so many others have spoken out against it. 16) The president of the university promised that once he had ______ to this course of action, he would try his best to have it fulfilled.