Gap Filling Vocabulary Exercise

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1. It is awfully cold today.
2. The floods caused considerable damage to the crops.
3. Necessity is the mother of invention.
4. He made the payment under compulsion.
5. In order to conserve our natural resources, we have to reduce their consumption.
6. The culprit gave contradictory statements to confuse people.
7. The prosperity of a country depends on its human resources.
8. The sudden change caused great perplexity.
9. The government must take the initiative to curb social prejudices.
10. His extravagance led to his downfall.
11. They resolved the dispute amicably.
12. Wild animals do not usually attack people without provocation.