On payday, it's so difficult to resist the _______ to spend the money and save it up.

• instinct

• temptation

• investment

• correspondence

After I did badly on a test, my parents ______ me about the importance of studying.

• input

• ensured

• lectured

• alerted

Many bad habits are ______ behaviors that can be difficult to change since they've been around for so long.

• learned

• courteous

• efficient

• misleading

To expand your vocabulary size ____, you need to make good use of word roots, synonyms and antonyms.

• accidentally

• vitally

• vacantly

• efficiently

Since Disney+ is too expensive, Kate found some friends to use the same account and _____ the cost.

• split

• input

• flee

• retain

The police alerted the public about the ______ to trick people into taking on illegal jobs in Vietnam.

• disguises

• cracks

• instincts

• schemes

As the grim winter arrives, there are few job _____. Companies and corporations are laying off employees instead.

• vacancies

• applications

• correspondences

• reservations

Desperate to find a job, Katen _____ the job listings only to find the options unappealing.

• came across

• went through

• made out

• browsed through

As soon as the war broke out, refugees ____ their home countries in search of safer places to live.

• misled

• retained

• fled

• revised

After successfully playing a middle-aged fortuneteller lady, A-han has finally become a ________ name known to everyone.

• household

• vital

• complicated

• courteous