Multiple Choice Cloze — near-synonyms
Eight fresh gaps where all four options share a meaning but only one collocates.
Read the whole sentence before choosing. Ask: which word does the language actually pair with here?
Need a quick explanation? Collocation notes in the Vocabulary Bank →- 1
The report ______ serious doubt on the government's timetable.
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Her argument ______ almost entirely on a single, unpublished study.
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The scheme was abandoned after it ______ to attract enough funding.
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Critics have ______ attention to the scheme's hidden running costs.
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The two accounts differ ______ on the question of who gave the order.
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Nothing in the data ______ the claim that attendance has improved.
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It is ______ conceivable that the results were a statistical accident.
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The council eventually ______ to public pressure and reopened the consultation.
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