Choose the word which has the same meaning with the underlined word.

Tom is very shy but his sister is outgoing.

Our actions express our love more than any words can do.

 I’m sorry I’m late, I was held up in a traffic _______.

When we came out of the cinema, it was ______ with rain.

Because the children keep interrupting her whenever she reads a book, she is always ________ her place.

Mr. Pike held his wife's hands and talked urgently to her in a low voice, but there didn't seem to be any response. (Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.)

He _____ in the doorway in order to light his cigarette.

As we wait no longer for the delivery of your order, we have to ______ it.

Most things are now mass-produced rather than ______.

 The judge said that he was ______ by the high standards of performance by the riders.

Yesterday a hurricane hit the................of Vung Tau City.

The customs officer didn’t bother to _______ our luggage.

I believe that he was concerned ______ all those matters which his wife mentioned.

The bicycle was moving so fast that its rider could not ______ an accident.

It takes a lot of ______ to put on a school play such as hamlet

 Mr and Mrs Green ____ a party for their daughter’s twenty-first birthday.

She was afraid that unless the train speeded up sle would lose lose her _____ to Scotland.

With greatly increased workloads, everyone is _______ pressure now.

Your grandfather is rather tired so do not ______ your visit.

Weeks later he had still not found a job and he began to feel ______ .

 She opened the packet and emptied the ______ into a saucepan.