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  • 1. The ________ from the Department of Education gave a press conference. (OFFICE)
    official
  • 7. They went on a __________________ tour of Asia. (PACK)
    package
  • 17.She is such a ________, friendly and honest person. (TRUST)
    trustworthy
  • 3. When I came to the city after 20 years it was completely _________. Everything was so different. (RECOGNISE)
    unrecognisable
  • 4. Young people who grew up in the 1960s lived in a _________ society. Almost everything was allowed. (PERMIT)
    permissive
  • 7. I have been ________ of him since the day I met him. (SUSPECT)
    suspicious
  • 18.The school staff is making the last ________ for their Open Day on Saturday. (PREPARE)
    preparations
  • 2. CNN showed exclusive __________________ of the incident. (FOOT)
    footage
  • 3. There has been an argument about the __________________ of the island for several decades. (OWN)
    ownership
  • 12.The prosecutor did not make any ________ to what the defence had to say. (OBJECT)
    objections
  • 16.The driver was _______ because he crossed one of the side-lines. (QUALIFY)
    disqualified
  • 3.There were many _______ for the job, but only two of them had the necessary ______. (APPLY, QUALIFY)
    applicants, qualifications
  • 14.It was a _______ attempt of the opposition party to gain power. (SHAME)
    shameless
  • 9. The whole committee was impressed by the _______ of the plan (ORIGIN).
    originality
  • 6. My dad always has to take sides. He is never____________. (OBJECT)
    objective
  • 4. The __________________ of the air in the mountain regions is much better than at sea level. (PURE)
    purity
  • 17.She dyed her hair and wore new, fashionable clothes, so she was almost _________. (RECOGNISE)
    unrecognisable
  • 10.He fell behind with his _______, so they took away almost everything he had. (PAY)
    payments
  • 11.The dictator showed his ___________ by locking up the dissidents. (PLEASE)
    displeasure
  • 2. It was a great _______ to meet such a famous ____. I had never met one before. (PLEASE, POLITICS)
    pleasure, politician
  • 20.It’s a good plan in theory but probably ________ in practice. (WORK)
    unworkable
  • 20.John made some _________ points against a strong opponent. (DECIDE)
    decisive
  • 13.The suspect was _______ without getting a fair trial. (PRISON)
    imprisoned
  • 18.The book cost $26 plus $5 for_______. (POST)
    postage
  • 1. We have to __________________ the pressure or otherwise the object will break. (LIGHT)
    lighten
  • 16.The travellers received ______ compensation for the delayed ______. (PART, DEPART)
    partial, departure
  • 6. Many people in the Third World cannot even buy the __________________ of life. (NECESSARY)
    necessities
  • 19.The average ________ in this part of the country is about 80 inches a year. (RAIN)
    rainfall
  • 5. She attended _________ classes because it was her first baby. (MOTHER)
    motherhood
  • 8. Please come to my office at the end of the week, __________________ on Friday afternoon (PREFER)
    preferably
  • 15.The trade unions made __________ demands that were rejected in the negotiations. (REASON)
    unreasonable