The researchers used data from 3000 floating buoys which monitor the oceans _______. WORLD

You need to have in your mind an __________ list of jobs that just have to get done today, but of course, in reality, don't actually exist. END

Looking busy and achieving nothing takes skill and _________. PREPARE

This will make your questioner run off in either bordom or total _________. CONFUSE

This suggests that nothing would give you more _______ than to explain what you are doing in the utmost detail. PLEASE

These new _______ tell a different story. FIND

People who hold this belief try to rationalise their resistance by saying it amounts to _________, ignorance or loss of respect. LAZY

There are however, drawbacks to cycling, not least the fact that it can be very __________ on some of the rough tracks and bumpy roads! COMFORT

Jeans are ______ in many smart restaurants and casual buffets have started to replace three-course dinner parties. ACCEPT

Over the years we have evolved certain social codes for our _______ with others. INTERACT

Now __________ taken by the National Oceanic Administration have put a wrinkle in the trend. MEASURE

The upper layers of the Earth's oceans have cooled ________ over the past two years. SIGNIFY

Now, that may not account for much but trying to account for the missing energy is proving to be enormously _________. PROBLEM