test 1 quiz 2 loan

I'm in a bit of a _________ as to what to wear to the wedding.

• loss
• quandary
• problem
• bewilderment

The problem _________because neither side was prepared to compromise.

• amassed
• escalated
• proliferated
• enhanced

The Red Cross is ___________ an international aid organization.

• intriguingly
• intrusively
• intrinsically
• intrepidly

I couldn't stop myself from _________ with boredom during the lecture.

• sighing
• gasping
• panting
• blowing

My brother found it impossible to _________his anger and started shouting.

        

• restrict
• inhibit
• reserve
• contain

Fitting together the thousands of fragments of the broken vase was a long and ___________ task.

• minute
• careful
• painstaking
• minuscule

You’ll just have to _________ yourself to the fact that you can’t always have what you want.

• acknowledge
• reconcile
• concede
• allow

The students had no money left and took out a loan to _________ him over until the end of term.

• last
• tend
• keep
• tide

Money was short and people survived by _________and saving.

• scrimping
• scavenging
• scouring
• scrounging

Jane was terribly nervous before the interview but she managed to pull herself ________ and act confidently.

• through
• over
• together
• off