The sportswear company paid the athlete $500,000 to _____ their products.

• exemplify
• execute
• endorse
• encroach

We've installed new software to _____ efficiency in the office.

• authorize
• optimize
• utilize
• customize

Should there be any _____ between this bank statement and your own records, please contact us.

• discrepancy
• controversy
• limitation
• transformation

The constant noise meant that the classroom atmosphere was hardly _____ to studying.

• predominant
• outstanding
• associated
• conducive

Once the children became absorbed in the task the teacher was able to observe their behavior.

• at hand
• in front
• set to
• at a pace

In this community, basketball _____ baseball long ago as the most popular sport.

• jeopardized
• depleted
• inhibited
• surpassed

You could try taking this vitamin supplement, but it's _____ how much it will really improve your health.

• debatable
• lucrative
• immune
• adverse

It's very important that you concentrate _____ On your exams over the coming months.

• empirically
• solely
• negligibly
• visually

The home team played badly in the first half of the game, but they re

• keeping at bay
• fading away
• gaining ground
• taking priority

Health experts recognize that stress is a major _____ in certain illnesses.

• extent
• effect
• outcome
• factor