My answers

1) Assail
2)Banal
3)mercenary
4)allusion
5)Taint
6) appease
7)Arbitrary
8)syndrome
9)altruistic
10)euphemism

MY OLDER BROTHERS MARK HAS NO LUCK WITH WOMEN, HE GOES INTO ONE OF TWO
STYLES OF CONVERSATION. THE FIRST IS TO (1) TAINT HER WITH A STEAM OF
PERSONAL QUESTIONS: WHAT YOUR NAME? WHERE DO YOU LIVE? IS THAT YOUR
REAL HAIR COLOR? WHAT KIND OF WORK DO YO DO? DO YOU WANT TO HAVE KIDS
SOMEDAY? ARE YOU SEEING ANYONE? WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE DINNER WITH ME?
NEURALLY MOST WOMEN FIND THIS SURPRISING AND ANNOYING> HIS OTHER
APPROACH IS TO SAY THE MOST (2)_ THINGS IMAGINABLE:

NICE'S DAY IS’NT IT? I THOUGHT IT MIGHT RAIN THIS MORNING, BUT IT
DIDN'T’T MIGHT RAIN TOMORROW BUT WHO KNOWS LAST WEEK WAS NICE
WEATHER TOO BY THIS TIME THE POOR GIRL HAS EITHER WALKED AWAY OR
PASSED OUT FROM BOREDOM.

ANOTHER THING MARK OFTEN DOES IN THIS ENCOUNTERS WITH WOMEN IS TO SAY
THINGS THAT MAKE HIM SOUND TOTALLY (3)_ AS IF MONEY WHERE MOST
IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD TO HIM. HE MAKE FREQUENT

(4)_ TO OWN HIS SALARY, ASKS THE WOMAN HOW MUCH SHE MAKES AND
COMPLAINS ABOUT THE PRICES OF EVERYTHING ON A MENU. WHEN HE TAKES A
DATE TO A MOVIE HE SOMETIMES LIKED THE MOVIE. NAURALLY THIS SORT OF
BEHAVIOR SOMEWHAT

(5)_ S HIM IN THE WOMANS EYES AND HE RARLEY GETS A SECOND DATE WHEN
ONE OF HIS FORMER GIRFIRENDS COMPLAINED TO ME BOUT MARK’S BEHAVIOR I
TRIED TO (6)_ HER BY TELLING HER THAT UNDERNEATH IT ALL MARK IS REALLY
A NICES GUY SHE REPLIED BY SAYING THAT SHE DIDN’T HAVE THE INCLINATION
TO DIG THAT FAR DOWN.

MARK OF COURSE FINDS WOMENS REACTIONS TO HIM COMPLETELY(7)_ ARE JUST NOT REASONABLE HERE I AM AS NICE
AS I CAN BE AND THEY ACT AS IF I HAVE SOME HORRIBLE CONTAGIOUS(8)_ I
TRY TO BE A(N) (9) _ SISTER AND HELP THE GUY OUT I POINT OUT HOW HIS
BEHAVIORS TURN WOMEN OFF USING GENTLE (10) SUCH AS YOURE A SPECIAL
UNUSUAL PERSON MARK. YOU’RE JUST A LITTLE ECCENTRIC MAYBE I NEED TO
COME RIGHT OUT AND LET HIM HEAR THE TRUTH EVEN IF IT MAKES HIM MAD
YOUR WEIRD MARK