Leadership

The old-fashioned company was a ................. in adopting new technologies and lost market share to its competitors.

• spike

• laggard

• innovator

The price of oil ............ after the conflict in the Middle East escalated.

• spiked

• plummeted

My memory of the event is ........., but I remember feeling happy.

• frizzy

• fussy

• fuzzy

She abandoned her .......... of a medical degree to pursue her passion for music.

• spike

• pursuit

• vast

The political divide between the two parties created a ........ that was difficult to bridge.

• chasm

• plummet

• spike

The rebellious teenager ........... her parents' curfew and stayed out past midnight.

• spiked

• defied

• plummeted

I still need to work out the ............ in my new exercise routine, as it's been causing some unexpected muscle soreness.

• kinks

• kicks