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  • She has a ___ for losing her car keys.
    prosperity
    proximity
    propensity
    propriety
  • The smell of rain ___ old memories.
    provoked
    invoked
    evoked
    revoked
  • Should you ___ any help, let me know.
    need
    to need
    needed
    will need
  • He suggested that she ___ a doctor.
    sees
    seeing
    see
    saw
  • The lawyer tried to ___ the witness's testimony.
    undertake
    undermine
    underline
    understate
  • Were I ___ you, I'd say yes.
    be
    was
    being
    to be
  • He is known for his ___ sense of humor.
    wry
    sly
    dry
    shy
  • Rarely ___ such a talented artist.
    do you find
    did you found
    you do find
    you find
  • The project's success was ___ on funding.
    compliant
    consistent
    congruent
    contingent
  • His constant ___ led to his ultimate downfall.
    affinity
    audacity
    agility
    austerity
  • He offered a ___ apology for his behavior.
    battery
    nursery
    cursory
    bursary
  • I would rather you ___ the secret.
    won't tell
    not tell
    don't tell
    didn't tell
  • Scarcely ___ the room when the phone rang.
    did he enter
    he entered
    had he entered
    he had entered
  • Little ___ how much trouble he was in.
    did he know
    he had known
    he did know
    he knew
  • If I ___ you, I would have taken the offer.
    had been
    am
    were
    was
  • Her decision was based on ___ evidence.
    ephemeral
    imperial
    empyreal
    empirical
  • If only it ___ raining soon.
    will stop
    stops
    would stop
    stopped
  • I wish I ___ more when I was younger.
    would travel
    had traveled
    travel
    traveled
  • She has an ___ ability to solve problems.
    inflate
    ingrate
    innate
    innate
  • He has a very ___ way of speaking.
    element
    elegant
    eloquent
    elephant
  • It is essential that he ___ on time.
    is
    being
    was
    be
  • Her ___ attitude made her many enemies.
    abrasive
    elusive
    adhesive
    cohesive
  • He'd sooner you ___ now.
    not go
    didn't go
    won't go
    don't go
  • It's about time he ___ a job.
    find
    finds
    found
    has found
  • He made a ___ effort to finish the project.
    congested
    concerted
    converted
    convoluted
  • The evidence was ___ to the case's outcome.
    lethargic
    extrinsic
    sporadic
    intrinsic
  • The report was ___ with errors.
    riddled
    sizzled
    drizzled
    fizzled
  • A ___ amount of work remains to be done.
    superficial
    substantial
    sequential
    subsidized
  • No sooner ___ than it started raining.
    we left
    we had left
    did we leave
    had we left
  • The company is facing a ___ future.
    vicarious
    hilarious
    gregarious
    precarious
  • Hard though he ___, he couldn't win.
    try
    trying
    tried
    tries
  • Not until she spoke ___ who she was.
    I did realize
    I realized
    did I realize
    I had realized
  • The city's ___ growth caused traffic issues.
    steadfast
    haphazard
    sluggish
    vanguard
  • It is high time we ___ for the station.
    leave
    should leave
    left
    had left
  • The news ___ a lot of interest.
    generated
    venerated
    integrated
    operated
  • The team's victory was a ___ achievement.
    standard
    strident
    stellar
    stagnant
  • Technology plays a ___ role in modern medicine.
    pivotal
    trivial
    marginal
    nominal
  • ___ he tried, he couldn't pass.
    Much as
    Even
    As much
    Although
  • He is a ___ supporter of the arts.
    branch
    staunch
    paunch
    launch
  • The market is ___ with new products.
    calibrated
    segregated
    saturated
    perforated
  • Only after he left ___ the mistake.
    I did see
    I saw
    had I seen
    did I see
  • The new policy had a ___ impact on the economy.
    pensive
    peripheral
    pivotal
    petulant
  • To ___ risks, we must follow safety protocols.
    navigate
    instigate
    duplicate
    mitigate
  • No sooner had he left ___ it started.
    then
    that
    than
    when
  • Under no circumstances ___ leave.
    you should
    you would
    you shall
    should you
  • Had I known, I ___ differently.
    act
    will act
    would have acted
    acted
  • The CEO's speech was full of meaningless ___.
    platitudes
    latitudes
    beatitudes
    plenitudes
  • He acts as if he ___ the whole company.
    owns
    will own
    owned
    would own
  • I'd prefer to go out ___ stay at home.
    than
    rather than
    instead
    but
  • Never ___ such a beautiful sunset.
    did I see
    have I seen
    I saw
    I have seen