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  • I had my eyes tested last week, at my flatmate's ________ (INSIST)
    INSISTENCE
  • That business ________ took us several days (TRANSACT)
    TRANSACTION
  • As a result of ________, this shirt is too small to wear (SHRINK)
    SHRINKAGE
  • Suddenly we saw a ________ figure in the darkened room (GHOST)
    GHOSTLY
  • She has had several ________ of her illness lately (RECUR)
    RECURRENCES
  • The doctor wanted to know if my knee was still ________ (PAIN)
    PAINFUL
  • She made several ________ to your remarks (REFER)
    REFERENCES
  • Wild animals live in ________ and sometimes neglect in a zoo (CAPTIVE)
    CAPTIVITY
  • In this profession women ________ men by two to one (NUMBER)
    OUTNUMBER
  • Oxygen is a ________ element of paramount importance for life (GAS)
    GASEOUS
  • We need extra ________ place either in the loft or in the cellar (STORE)
    STORAGE
  • His ________ of talking to me that evening surprised me (AVOID)
    AVOIDANCE
  • Alice looks ________ in her new dress (FANTASTIC)
    FANTASTICALLY
  • If we allow this man to go unpunished, it will set a ________ (PRECEDE)
    PRECEDENT
  • What is the most ________ event in your life? (SIGNIFY)
    SIGNIFICANT
  • The woman's voice was ________ Margaret's (MISTAKE)
    UNMISTAKENLY
  • Your ________ in this document means you agreed on it (SIGN)
    SIGNATURE
  • This time he had an ________ reaction (PREDICT)
    UNPREDICTABLE
  • She has had this scar on her forehead since her ________ (BABY)
    BABYHOOD
  • The ________ of this document will take me about 20 minutes (TRANSCRIBE)
    TRANSCRIPTION