1. The telephone connection was very poor and we only heard a ________ account of what the reporter was describing.

2. In some 19th century novels you see the very poor conditions people lived in that can only be described as ________ misery.

3. His attempt to make fun of the situation was considered to be in bad taste and ________ in the extreme.

4. ________ for his age and he is after all only 12, I think his achievement is remarkable.

5. There's little point in those two firms competing for the same market as they would be much better ________ with one another.

6. Although he hadn't actually done anything, he looked as if he might and he was arrested for being outside the house with ________ to burgle it.

7. Not only did he pay for them to go on holiday but he ________ provided them with spending money.

8. It was a remarkable performance because the actor seemed to convey the whole range of human emotions , what you might call the complete ________ from beginning to end.

9. If you ________ to take that step in your career, you have only yourself to blame if it all goes wrong.

10. No one had a clue what had actually happened neither the police ________ the public.