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____ receive an average of 60 applicants for every advertisement for a low- skilled job, and

20 for every skilled job.

When compared with the traditional method of cleaning by wet mopping, the new method was .................. more effective in removal of microbial contamination.

The Dawson Car Company’s first convertible model has received negative ................  from many car critics.

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I know it's easy to be smitten with a romantic partner, but I don't think it's healthy for one to ______ the other on a pedestal.

They are planning ______ a flyover at this crossroads.  

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Chef Alan Peralta's  ____________  of classic French dishes is considered both unique and daring in the culinary world.

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Formerly babies_____ of whooping cough.

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The employees at Barneveld Inc. are encouraged to build teamwork by assisting ------- on various projects.

There is a growing ................. of residents who oppose construction of a shopping center on Kingston and Flag avenues.

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Mary Rose was asked to join the information access team because she  ____________  to similar projects previously.

The purpose of running a business is to make a ____.

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The accounting department's current software program is not   ___________ for the tasks that need to be performed.

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----- your return has been received, a refund will be issued to your account within three business days.

I offered ______.

............ the workload is very high at the moment, all the team members are optimistic that they will be able to finish the required work on time.

We haven’t heard from them yet .................... we sent an email for a quote of their product prices.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

Advanced students need to be aware of the important of collocation.

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When I joined the army, I found it difficult to............ out orders from my superiors, but I soon got used to it.

The Charity Classic Committee chose .................. him for all of the support he has given the Saint Joseph Medical Center throughout the years.

Although Edgar Allan Poe is recognized as the originator of the mystery story genre and as a master of the short story, literary critics and the general public have debated the extent of both his genius and his madness since his death in 1849. Poe rose from destitute beginnings as an orphan to a childhood of relative comfort when a wealthy businessman took him in. As a young man, however, he descended through poverty and mental illness to an early death at the age of forty. In his short career, he produced dozens of poems, stories, and critical essays that reflect his brilliant creative intellect.

At twenty, Poe moved to Baltimore to live with his impoverished aunt and her daughter, where he eventually married his fourteen-year-old cousin, Virginia. Poe was obviously devoted to his young wife, and idealized images of her appear in many of his female characters. It is difficult to suppose, however, that they had a close relationship, since she was many years younger than he was and chronically ill with tuberculosis. Although Poe wrote for various newspapers and magazines during this time, making great strides in literary criticism and developing his short-story style, he achieved no monetary success.

His sensitive personality and a hereditary tendency to neurosis contributed to a tragic mental decline; however, this only seems to have reinforced the brilliant imagery and fascinating morbidity that he achieved in his tales. Many critics speculate that Poe also suffered from alcoholism and opium addiction. The fantastical quality of his work earned him a devoted posthumous following in France, but he was generally disparaged by his American contemporaries.

According to the passage, some of the women in Poe’s works were inspired by his —–.

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Clifton Oil and Gas's annual sales are showing great ______________   compared to last year, when profits were disappointing.