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  • I have read the article and now I am writing a __________________. SUM
    SUMMARY
  • His performance was ________________ of praise. WORTH
    WORTHY
  • Doctors say a glass of warm milk before bedtime can result in a more ____________ night's sleep. REST
    RESTFUL
  • The teams were __________________ equipped. SIMILAR
    SIMILARLY
  • He couldn't stand the ___________ of the coffee. BITTER
    BITTERNESS
  • He seems to be _____________ to politics. DIFFERENCE
    INDIFFERENT
  • Tim-Berners Lee has received many awards as the ___________ of the world wide web. INVENT
    INVENTOR
  • The internet is a wonderful source of mindless _________________. ENTERTAIN
    ENTERTAINMENT
  • You don't need to make a ________________ right now. DECIDE
    DECISION
  • Frank is __________________ to find Mary. DESPAIR
    DESPERATE
  • The new year ________________ in this area of the country involve dancing and a drink made from melons. CELEBRATE
    CELEBRATIONS
  • I was feeling _______________ until I drank a cup of coffee. SLEEP
    SLEEPY
  • David is very __________________ of his daughter. PROTECT
    PROTECTIVE
  • My mother _____________ of too much exercise right after lunch. APPROVE
    DISAPPROVES
  • She does not want to be _______________ on her parents. DEPEND
    DEPENDENT
  • Don't you find it ______________ how Jeremy always comes to work looking so untidy? INTRIGUE
    INTRIGUING
  • The ____________ of the Rubik's Cube peaked in the early 1980s. POPULAR
    POPULARITY
  • The _____________ bans the use of chemical weapons. TREAT
    TREATY
  • The doctor continued to observe the patient's _________________. BEHAVE
    BEHAVIOUR
  • __________ as it may seem, mammoths were alive only five thousand years ago. CREDIBLE
    INCREDIBLE
  • If you want to ________________________, you have to try harder. SUCCESS
    SUCCEED
  • He is a very _________ writer. IMAGINE
    IMAGINATIVE
  • People with low ____________ tend to interpret everything in a negative way. ESTIMATE
    SELF-ESTEEM
  • Catching bugs can be a fun ____________ for children. ACT
    ACTIVITY
  • This wine has a very fruity flavour to it and a _________ after-taste. I really like it. PLEASE
    PLEASANT
  • He decided to _____________ in physics at college. SPECIAL
    SPECIALISE
  • There are power stations across Europe that use the _________ rise and fall of the ocean tides. DAY
    DAILY
  • People's life ____________ grows every year. EXPECT
    EXPECTANCY
  • We ________________ on many things, but we're still good friends. AGREE
    DISAGREE
  • On the final day, we visited the __________ Victoria Falls and then flew home. MAJESTY
    MAJESTIC
  • If you weren't so ____________ of Ben, he'd be happier to spend time with you. CRITIC
    CRITICAL
  • She is ____________ in a trading company. EMPLOY
    EMPLOYED
  • It's your __________ to finish the job. RESPONSE
    RESPONSIBILITY
  • The book, like the movie, tracks the anxiety and ____________ pains of a teenager in 1970s Germany. GROW
    GROWING
  • Why do some people have an ___________ desire for power? OBSESS
    OBSESSIVE
  • I just want a little more ________________ in my life. EXCITE
    EXCITEMENT
  • Timothy watched the plane _____________ into the distance. APPEAR
    DISAPPEAR
  • Tom asked Mary to teach him some _______________ phrases in French. USE
    USEFUL
  • Many often make a _________ between London and New York. COMPARE
    COMPARISON
  • You don't respond well to positive __________, which is only made to help you. CRITIC
    CRITICISM
  • Large spiders, ______________ from South East Asia, are now being seen in the local countryside. ORIGIN
    ORIGINALLY
  • Your proposal will meet with significant ________________. RESIST
    RESISTANCE
  • He is an absolute ____________ to us Americans. EMBARRASS
    EMBARRASSMENT
  • I think Tom doesn't have the __________________ to solve the problem. ABLE
    ABILITY
  • I've lost all ______________ for this concert. I'm finding it boring. Can we go? ENTHUSE
    ENTHUSIASM
  • Professor Watkins wasn't only an _________ to me, but to thousands of others lucky enough to have met him. INSPIRE
    INSPIRATION
  • They celebrated the _______________ of his high school years. COMPLETE
    COMPLETION