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assess

We tried to \____________ his suitability for the job.

assess

Our agent will \____________ the value of your property.

assume

Everyone accepted she was telling the truth, although in fact this was quite a lot to \____________.

baffle

Detectives remain \____________d by these murders.

biased

It was a \____________ report.

concentrate

I was sleeping badly and finding it hard to \____________.

consider

She paused and \____________ed for a moment.

consider

They \____________ it inevitable that some jobs will be lost.

contemplating

I'm \____________ retirement next year.

contemplating

I haven't got time to sit around \____________ the meaning of life.

cynical

I know that some of you are very \____________ about the proposals.

deduce

Finding fossils far inland, he \____________d that the area had once been covered by water.

deliberate

The judges \____________d for an hour before choosing the winner.

dilemma

I'm in a \____________ over whether to tell him or not.

discriminate

Employers are not allowed to \____________ on the basis of gender.

discriminate

Long-range missile attacks simply cannot \____________ between military and civilian targets.

dubious

The story seemed bit \____________ to me.

dubious

I'm very \____________ about his ability to do the job.

estimate

According to official \____________s, over 25% of carbon emissions come from the United States.

estimate

The committee are currently getting \____________s for repairs to the stonework.

estimate

It's difficult to \____________ the cost of making your house safe.

faith

I'm delighted to know you have such \____________ in me.

gather

You're new here, I \____________.

genius

She was a mathematical \____________.

genius

Baking allows you to show your creative \____________.

grasp

He was finding it difficult to \____________ the rules of the game.

guesswork

It was a theory based on pure \____________.

hunch

I've got a \____________ there'll be an election soon.

ideology

State control is a fundamental aspect of Marxist \____________.

ingenious

This is an \____________ device for opening bottles.

inspiration

Dreams are a rich source of \____________ for some writers.

intuition

Archaeologists often use their \____________ to decide where to dig.

justify

You'll be expected to \____________ your actions.

naive

I was \____________ 17-year-old at the time.

notion

I haven't the faintest \____________ what you're talking about.

optimistic

She said that she was \____________ about the future of the company.

optimistic

That's a very \____________ assessment of the overall situation.

paradox

We get this apparent \____________ of people migrating to an area that has very high unemployment.

pessimistic

She said that she was \____________ about the future of the company.

pessimistic

That's a very \____________ assessment of the overall situation.

plausible

A bomb was the only \____________ explanation for the crash.

ponder

I'm still \____________ing whether to tell Janine or not.

prejudiced

Rafferty's reporting was clearly biased and \____________ against the homeless.

presume

I \____________ you've already ordered lunch.

queries

We have a number of \____________ regarding delivery.

query

It is not for us to \____________ his decisions.

queried

'Who would do such a thing?' he \____________.

reckon

I \____________ there's something wrong with him.

reflect

Josie \____________ed on how easily she could have been killed.

sceptical

Harrison approved the plan, but Riley remained \____________.

speculate

We can only \____________ on the reasons for his sudden resignation.

suppose

She was about 35, Dexter \____________d.

academic

The book brings together several \____________ subjects.

academic

She's certainly bright, but she's not very \____________.

academic

Given the lack of funding, any discussion of future plans was somewhat \____________.

academic

The meeting was chaired by a leading Japanese \____________.

conscientious

Simon is a very \____________ worker.

cram

My exams are in two weeks, so I'm \____________ming at the moment.

curriculum

Our mathematics \____________ is much broader now.

distance learning

Are you doing the course by \____________?

graduate

There aren't a many careers for history \____________s.

graduate

He \____________d from Yale University in 1936.

ignorant

I was \____________ of the terms used in business.

inattentive

hate speaking in front of an \____________ audience.

intellectual

Students were asked which task represented the greatest \____________ challenge.

intellectual

Though not \____________, my mother was highly intelligent.

intellectual

Though not an \____________, my mother was highly intelligent.

intelligent

Surely an \____________ person like you can deal with this?

intensive

It's a an \____________ language course for beginners.

knowledgeable

He's extremely \____________ about business and finance.

lecture

The course will be taught through a series of \____________s and seminars.

lecture

She \____________s on Greek Literature at the Sorbonne.

mock exam

We've got our GCSE \____________s next month.

plagiarising

They accused her of \____________ her speech.

self-study

I have to do a lot of \____________ on this course.

seminar

We had a very interesting \____________ on climate change.

special needs

If a student has \____________, he or she will be offered additional classes.

tuition

He's been getting private \____________ in French.

tutorial

We had a very interesting \____________ on climate change.

adapt

A successful business is one that \____________s to changing situations.

adjust

You can \____________ the volume using this control here.

alternate

You go first this game, and then we'll \____________.

alternate

We usually go to visit my grandma on \____________ Sundays.

alternative

Can you suggest an \____________?

alternative

We're going to have to find an \____________ route.

amend

Could you \____________ the report before you send it?

conservative

I grew up in a village where most of the people were quite \____________.

convert

We're \____________ing to a new computer system at work, so it's chaos at the moment.

convert

I was rather shocked when my dad \____________ed to Islam.

convert

I didn't use to like Fiat cars, but now I've become a \____________.

decay

When leaves \____________, chemicals are returned to the soil.

decay

Too much sugar in our diets is a major cause of tooth \____________.

deteriorate

The situation in the country has \____________d and tourists are advised not to go there.

distort

Journalists often \____________ statistics in order to tell a good story.

dynamic

The world of electronics is a very \____________ area.

endure

don't know how people \____________ the conditions in prison.

endure

Shakespeare's works have \____________d for over 400 years.

evolve

Do you think people will eventually \____________ into some kind of superhuman?

evolve

As the computer industry has \____________d, everything has got faster and cheaper.

influence

Don't let yourself be \____________d by what she says.