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What you may think is ……….is really just over-enthusiasm. He would never harm anyone. (hostile)

hostility

The babies were put up for ………..when their mother was jailed for her part in the murder. (adopt)

adoption

I don't speak Spanish very well but I can read it quite……………. (easy)

easily

Yesterday, the government announced a $10 million increase in the town's budget to try and tackle the …………….problem that exists. (house)

household/ housing

Stop sitting there looking so bored and…………... Get up and find something to do! I don't want you sitting around the house like this all summer. (enthusiasm)

unenthusiastic

I accepted the job without………….when I heard what the wage was! (hesitate)

hesitation

I'm afraid Mr. Perkins is…………..at the moment. He seems to be in a meeting. Is there any message you would like me to pass on to him? (available)

unavailable

He did a great report on the future of the ship-building industry but I didn't agree with his……….at all. (conclude)

conclusion

I do like your new friend Jasper. He tells the funniest jokes and seems to be a very………young man. (entertain)

entertaining

Too much of the food we eat nowadays is full of chemicals and other…………... (add)

additives

It is my dream to work in the ship-building industry but unfortunately, there is so much…………around that I may have to alter my ambitions. (employ)

unemployment

All students must take English and Mathematics. Then they must choose two other courses, but the course in International Relations is……………. (option)

optional

My brother chose that university because it does a very well recommended ……. course and that's what he has always wanted to do. (journalist)

journalism

The …………of the printer is often believed to have been one of the most important of the last 500 years. (invent)

invention

The stock market has risen ……….in the last six months and now is a good time to invest. (consider)

considerably

Even though he is only 17, he is a very ………. tennis player who could have a big future in the game. (promise)

promising

Even though the actors did quite a poor job of bringing the book to the stage, the ……was of the highest quality. (produce)

production

The food at the restaurant was simply delicious. I just didn't think there was enough ……. (vary)

variation

Herbert has been a(n) ……..member of this company's staff. I don't know what I would do without him! (dispense)

indispensible