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He can not .............ignorance as his excuse; he should have known what was happening in his own department

• insist

• defend

• plead

Answer explanation

"Plead as an excuse" means to say something as an explanation or excuse. For example, "She left early, pleading pressure of work". 

Employees who have a .................are encouraged to discuss it with the management

• hindrance

• grievance

• disadvantage

Answer explanation

grievance

noun [ C or U ]

uk

/ˈɡriː.vəns/ us

/ˈɡriː.vəns/

• + a complaint or a strong feeling that you have been treated unfairly:

Ex: A special committee has been appointed to handle prisoners' grievances.

Ex: Bill still harbours/nurses a grievance against his employers for not promoting him.

The police have been ordered not to ..............if the students attack them

• retaliate

• challenge

• combat

• rebuff

in spite of his poor education, he was a most....................speaker

• articulate

• authoritarian

sparkling pools of water lay trapped among the rocks as the tide...........

• receded

• retired

• refilled

...............through the attic and see if you can find anything for the jumble sale.

• forage

• ravage

• rummage

Answer explanation

they began constructing the bridge in 1960, but several years..................before the project was completed.

• elapsed

• advanced

• proceeded

he tried to make out that the fake paintin he had........genuine

centuries of erosion have exposed .............rock surfaces in the painted desert of northern arizona

• in colors of the rainbow

• colored like a rainbow

• rainbow-colored

• a rainbow's colorin

the temperature .....................takes place varies widely from material to material

• which melting

• at which melting

• at which they melt