Question 1

Space exploration is a great human ______.

Accepted Answer

endeavour

Answer

drove

Answer

aviation

Answer

prevalence

Question 2

She ______ hurt my feelings when she questioned what I had said.

Accepted Answer

inadvertently

Answer

officially

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inevitably

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unavoidably

Question 3

Car fumes are partly responsible for ______ levels of pollution.

Accepted Answer

accelerating

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commercial

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far-flung

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frequent

Question 4

The rise in temperature led to the ______ of the snow.

Accepted Answer

thawing

Answer

heatwave

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prevalence

Answer

acceleration

Question 5

How long will it take us to ______ the country by train?

Accepted Answer

traverse

Answer

inundate

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prevail

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exacerbate

Question 6

Doctors are concerned about the ______ of obesity among children.

Accepted Answer

prevalence

Answer

thawing

Answer

endeavour

Answer

aviation

Question 7

The problem was ______ by their unwillingness to come to an agreement.

Accepted Answer

exacerbated

Answer

accelerated

Answer

mitigated

Answer

overrun

Question 8

We had to ______ our holiday as we ran out of  money.

Accepted Answer

curtail

Answer

accelerate

Answer

mitigate

Answer

prevail

Question 9

For every item you buy, you will get another one of ______ value.

Accepted Answer

equivalent

Answer

elegant

Answer

commercial

Answer

unavoidable

Question 10

During rush hour, traffic delays are ______.

Accepted Answer

unavoidable

Answer

inundated

Answer

grave

Answer

equivalent

Question 11

The kitchen was ______ with ants.

Accepted Answer

overrun

Answer

mitigated

Answer

boasted

Answer

frequent

Question 12

House prices in the area have ______ recently.

Accepted Answer

rocketed

Answer

inundated

Answer

mitigated

Answer

overrun

Question 13

The ______ of the shoes sold in this shop come from Italy.

Accepted Answer

bulk

Answer

aviation

Answer

endeavour

Answer

fate

Question 14

Who knows what the ______ of the employees will be after the owner retires?

Accepted Answer

fate

Answer

endeavour

Answer

droves

Answer

frequency

Question 15

People were leaving the city in ______ to escape from the heatwave and spend the day on the beach.

Accepted Answer

droves

Answer

bulk

Answer

aviation

Answer

frequency

Question 16

Governments around the world have been looking for ways to ______ environmental damage.

Accepted Answer

mitigate

Answer

overrun

Answer

inundate

Answer

exacerbate

Question 17

He was ______ injured in the accident and spent months in hospital recovering.

Accepted Answer

severely

Answer

inadvertently

Answer

frequently

Answer

adversely

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