1) The way they were laughing at Julia’s ____ made me uncomfortable. a) cost  b) price  c) expense  d) charge 2) The chairman of the company was late for the monthly ____ meeting. a) board b) cabinet c) broad d) squad 3) He’s a member of parliament, but he isn’t in the ____ yet. He is too junior. a) kin  b) cabinet  c) circle  d) fraternity 4) He was once a member of a dangerous drug ____. a) cast  b) tribe  c) faction  d) cartel 5) Those two are as ____ as thieves; they’re practically inseparable. a) thick  b) wide  c) together  d) wicked 6) I don’t know her well at all – we just have a ____ acquaintance. a) smiling  b) shaking  c) nodding  d) waving 7) Lisa didn’t borrow money from the bank. She managed to get the business started through ____. a) people funding  b) crowdfunding  c) loaning crowds  d) people lending 8) Oh, no! My new dress has ____. It doesn’t fit me any more. a) shrank  b) shrunk  c) shrunken  d) shrinkage 9) Cultural ____ is the opposite of cultural diversity. a) proximity  b) homogenisation  c) shrinkage  d) detraction

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