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Exercise 4

Use the context to help you find the term that best fits each sentence.

1 .       Today many companies use ___________________ teams—teams that have much control over and responsibility for the conduct of their work—to help solve problems. 



2 .       Her speech was _______________. She was so smooth-spoken. 



3 .       I __________ traffic jams. I love it when my drive to work is quick and easy. 



4 .       Don’t carry a __________ (i.e., unresolved anger) around. It will only make you feel terrible. 



5 .       A ________________ is a group of people on whom you can rely for encouragement and support. 



6 .       The _________________ of a disk provides a useful list of files. 



7 .       If a typist does not use proper form, the result could be _________________, a condition that occurs when repetitive flexing and extension of the wrist causes the tendons to swell. 



8 .       There was great ____________ in the streets after the election. The new president hoped to restore relative calm quickly. 



9 .       Everyone was _____________ after the earthquake. The atmosphere was sober and solemn. 



10 .       The squirrel is ______________, or native, to Minnesota. 



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