In an effort to ______ success in next year's European competition, ... SURE
"ensure"
... United have ______ their team by buying two outstanding overseas players. STRONG
"strengthened"
The build-up of troops in the border area has ______ tension between the two countries. HIGH
"heightened"
Faced with a rapidly ______ economic crisis, the prime minister was coming under increasing pressure to resign. DEEP
"deepening"
Despite rocketing unemployment figures, the president insisted that there were some ______ signs of recovery. COURAGE
"encouraging"
Join the WWF and help protect ______ species from extinction. DANGER
"endangered"
The FBI is perhaps the best known of America's law ______ agencies. FORCE
"enforcement"
She was deeply ______ by the death of her cat. SAD
"saddened"
The school's work experience programme ______ the outlook of its pupils. BROAD
broadens
broadened
His audience found the joke offensive and greeted it with a ______ silence. DEAF
"deafening"
