What is dangerous about heart disease is its lack of _____ symptoms. In many cases, the disease is not detected until a fatal heart attack.
misery
visible
earnestly
feature
Organizers expect that it will take approximately one year to _____ a large enough group of volunteers into the study.
plunge
relate
draw on
enroll
The heavy storm swept across the island and left damage ______.
misery
occationally
put away
all over
How ______ did I feel when I learned that I had to conduct the experiment again due to my carelessness.
wretched
misery
reaasure
visible
The hotel industry is likely to be one of the last sectors to recover given people’s _____ to travel combined with a drop in income during the pandemic.
relectance
venture
aversion
perplexity
The firefighters were highly ______ for their bravery in saving the residents from the raging forest fire.
commended
relectant
reassured
accomplished
What indeed singled out these teachers was a vividness of personality, a cheerful ______ enthusiasm and an unusual amount of energy and commitment.
heavy
infectious
subsequent
internal
The speaker began by _____ a story of a recent graduate who volunteered to teach in a remote village.
biding
announcing
relating
pointing
As the economy _____ into the deepest recession in decades, many warned that the unemployment rate would hit 20 percent by summer.
pointed
dropped
inquired
plunged
The construction of the building was going to take two years, but we were ___ ,and it appeared we would finish on schedule.
off and running
setting out
swift
bringing up
When you learn how to behave ____, you grow up.
spontaneous
out of touch
eloquent
in public
All human neurons in resting state have an electronic ____ of –40 millivolts.
swift
impulse
tempo
hop
The child, who took a ____ interpretation of “mountain climbing”, got down on all fours as soon as the family reached the foot of the hill.
literal
mastery
hectic
ironic
There is a common understanding that romance should be something _____. It seems somehow unromantic to plan for feelings.
spontaneous
ironic
hasty
sensation
Think of your cover letter as a tool to let your potential employer know why they should hire you and why you would be an ____ to the company.
asset
cram
spin
value
Fear produces an _____change in heart rate, a narrowed, attentive focus, and the urge to act or to escape.
hasty
positive
instantaneous
negative
Henry played an _____ role in shaping my view of the world. He told me that I had the freedom to achieve whatever I set my heart on.
value
instrumental
skeptical
eloquent
All that is required to allow the most experienced pilots to take off or land is a _____ of flat ground a few hundred meters long and a few dozen meters wide.
plate
environmental
stretch
lump
If we continue to _____ the Earth’s natural resources, we will soon be faced with serious shortages of water and energy.
deplete
invest
accumulate
fracture
Volunteer work helps to promote friendship and _____ a sense of community in the neighborhood.
inherit
cultivate
confine
intense
Some feminists think that prejudices against women are ____ in the English language, as evidenced in words such as mankind, etc.
associated
visioned
embedded
manifest
The influence of the media on the public, hard to ___ though it is, can never be exaggerated.
gauge
found
compensate
transition
The Chinese Football ___ has a major program where talented players get to train in Europe.
Compensation
Investment
Association
Implementation
The contract makes it clear that the benefits of the project will ____ to all parties which share its risks and costs.
heap
accure
play
deplete
In Florida, where 1.8 million workers have applied for jobless benefits since mid-March, job openings aren’t ____, either.
saturate
play out
functionate
abundant
The world needs young people today with ___ and courage to help build a better place for humanity.
conversion
compensation
transition
vision
A person has to strike out on his own if he wants to ____ in life.
get ahead
get away
get on
get off
He has started to ____ an aged, worn-out look in recent years.
take away
take off
take in
take on
Bonus payments provide an ____to work harder.
incentive
incite
inreliance
monitor
The two friends neither saw each other nor communicated in any ____ for the next four years.
fashion
quality
competent
regulation
He was unhappy with the commercial ____ of the organization.
orientation
fashion
track
facilitation
The newspaper claims that it pursues an independent policy and is not ___ in favor of any political party.
biased
sterotypes
denied
benefits
Cycling is highly beneficial to health and the environment.
ensured
beneficial
assure
facilitate
I could not leave his question unanswered because my honor is ____.
under dispute
at stake
pending
brought out
How can we carry on a centuries-old tradition and ____ modern technology at the same time?
keep pace of
keep pace on
keep pace to
keep pace with
The surprise attack caught the enemy off guard and ____ our victory.
monitored
ensured
oversighted
generated