High Note 9D-E

There must have been a certain amount of anxiety attached, too, with deadline _______, and so on.

• pressure

• tension

• treasure

• sleeper

Robert De Niro has been a faithful _______ of 'the Method', immersing himself totally in his roles and notorious for gaining and losing whatever weight has been necessary to convey the character.

• exponent

• implication

• recuperation

• smidgen

He had a _______ dream about a train crash the night before the rail disaster.

• prophetic

• lucid

• random

• core

Christopher McKay, of NASA's Ames Research Center in California, told Discovery News: 'It's like a 30-year-old ________ case suddenly solved with new facts.

• cold

• hot

• warm

• freezing

He was __________by the prospect of meeting the King.

• underwhelmed

• reluctant

• reccuring

• credible

The ________ mission of commercial television today is to produce audiences for sale to advertisers of consumer goods and services.

• single-minded

• unimpressed

• reputable

• over-dramatic

This latest scandal has raised _______ about his suitability for the post.

• doubts

• voice

• hopes

• a few eyelids

He had been a strict father but was ________ to/towards his grandchildren.

• indulgent

• hoax

• far-fetched

• elaborate

No one in a position of ______ objected to the plan.

• authority

• authenticity

• anxiety-based

• acknowledge

Many refugees have been forced to _____ their homeland.

• flee

• descend

• contribute

• reroute