Vocabulary • Ch 2.28 - Educated • Fill in the blanks

The company plans to _________ a new branch in the city.

• interment

• bias

• establish

• contrast

The bright colors of the flowers were a beautiful _________ to the dull grey sky.

• eminent

• contrast

• fixation

• exile

She spoke in a _________ tone, expressing her disappointment.

• scrutiny

• subdued

• fixation

• banish

They were finally able to _________ their differences and mend their friendship.

• reconcile

• banish

• interment

• exile

She gracefully walked into the room, exuding an air of elegance.

• elegant

• subdued

• reconcile

• eminent

The suspect's actions were under intense _________ by the authorities.

• degrade

• monarchy

• supposition

• scrutiny

She had a _________ on organizing her bookshelf alphabetically.

• scrutiny

• fixation

• monarchy

• establish

After being found guilty of treason, the former leader was sentenced to a lifetime of _________ on a remote island.

• invert

• elegant

• reconcile

• exile

The cruel king chose to _________ his former advisor from the kingdom.

• supposition

• fixation

• elegant

• banish

The journalist's _________ was evident in the way he reported the story.

• bias

• exile

• contrast

• compensate