Vocabulary: Word Choice 2

We were lucky the taxi arrived without any ______. Otherwise we wouldn't have arrived in time for our train.

• interruption

• pause

• delay

• wait

Not only were the little children ______ with this nasty cold. We had a few adult patients, too.

• imposed

• injured

• aggravated

• afflicted

Patrick ______ his joy at winning the prize by inviting his friends to a first-class restaurant for dinner.

• appeared

• exposed

• envisioned

• displayed

A small ______ of this medicine should be enough to lessen the pain.

• part

• ration

• size

• dose

I don't believe a ______ of what he says.

• matter

• phase

• word

• sentence

The success of our campaign is ______ on the number of investors we can attract.

• dependent

• obtainable

• relative

• legible

In spite of our big effort, we have not managed to ______ enough money for the renovation of the school buildings.

• compose

• score

• rear

• raise

George didn't attend school for six weeks as he had to stay in hospital where he was ______ for pneumonia.

• relieved

• mended

• fixed

• treated

I wouldn't have realized about the possible risk of setting the factory on fire if Bob hadn't ______ my attention to it.

• caught

• showed

• sought

• drawn

It's ______ of this kind of work to take a lot of time.

• usual

• characteristic

• average

• regular