EWL practice

(What verb is missing? add complete form)

Despite the government's best efforts to a_______ or eliminate the worst police abuses, they continued

Salt, sugar and coffee dissolve in water. They are ___

• inflammable

• flammable

• solvable

• soluble

What is an appropriate synonym for the verb in italics?:

We spent years polishing ​ (a)   the design.

• refining
• destroying
• minimizing
• targeting
• penetrating

Another group of researchers tried to r_____ the study

The injury _____ her victory

• incremented

• dampened

• irradiated

• converged

What word are we looking for? During Covid, people bought toilet paper in b___

There were fierce attacks on the BBC for alleged political ____

Choose an appropriate synonym for the verb in bold:

We asked for some time to confer with our advisers.

• consult

• collaborate

• interpret

• multiply

• oscillate