Advanced vocabulary exercise 4

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Complete each of the following sentences using one of these words: discord, vow, temperament, surmount, paramount, fluctuate, savvy, obsolete, scrupulously, onset

1. The news caused (= disagreement) in the family.✓

2. Rumor has it that the CEO will publicly (= promise) to fight corruption within the company.✓

3. Unlike his brother, Robert had an easy-going .✓

4. These difficulties might be impossible to . ( = overcome)✓

5. The health of the workers is of (= the highest) importance to us.✓

6. The price of gas tends to quite a bit.✓

7. My grandfather was quite when it came to fixing cars.✓

8. That product is . = No one uses that product anymore.✓

9. He examined the documents . (= very carefully)✓

10. The ( = arrival/beginning) of winter took us all by surprise.✓

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