Fill in the gaps.

1. The kidnappers demanded a ...... of $5m before the hostage could be released. (Penalty, condition, ransom) 2. Kylie should not have been offended by the ..... statement made by his friend. (Innocuous, ridiculous, ludicrous) 3. He terminated the agreement ...... as he did not consult the other party. (Unconditionally, unanimously, unilaterally) 4. It is very ..... to stare disrespectfully at elders. (Ingenious, courageous, impudent) 5. When our tutor did not get the actual apparatus he needed for his lesson, he had to ...... (Discover, invent, improvise) 6. The students embarked on a ..... of the lectures until their demands were met. (Strike, boycott, rejection) 7. There is ......... increase in the price of imported goods in this country. (An astronomical, a wonderful, a surprising) 8. A murderer will pay the ultimate ....... for his crime. (Prize, price, fine) 9. He was arrested for a breach of the ........ law. (Emigration, immigration, migration) 10. The judge noted a lot of ....... in the evidence of the witness. (Disagreement, contradiction, difference)

11. The prices of imported goods are now very ..... (Unbearable, exorbitant, harsh) 12. He could not achieve his ....... ambition. (Inappropriate, inordinate, impossible) 13. The contractor was highly praised for the excellent ....... of the project. (Installation, prosecution, execution) 14. In exercise of his ......, the ruler granted a pardon to the prisoner. (Veto, authority, prerogative) 15. He does not ..... the religion he professes. (Practice, practise, upheld) 16. The boss has ...... trust in his assistant who has never disappointed him. (Faithful, absolute, big) 17. The judgement of the lower court was ........ by the high court. (Upheld, withheld, withdrawn) 18. The judgement of the lower court was ..... by the high court. (Set aside, cancelled, withheld) 19. Because man is not an island, the law often ...... upon individual freedom. (Encroaches, impedes, enhances) 20. He was arrested for a breach of the .......... law. (Emigration, immigration, migration)