The ozone in the upper layers of Earth’s atmosphere is beneficial, ____ animal and plant life from dangerous ultraviolet radiation.
  • protecting
People become dogmatic after having learned from their lives how “the way things go”. Here Dogmatic means_________
  • narrow-minded
The likelihood of a merger between the two corporations was ____ since the gap between their differing interests was widening.
  • deteriorating
With an estimated ____ of less than of 1.0% cases, Bangladesh is still classified as a low-level HIV Country
  • presence
As more and more local industries have emerged to manufacture a variety of products to meet the local demand, the smugglers on the side of the border have found legal _________ in the home market.
  • competitors
If this was done, the country would not only overcome the power shortage but also have a surplus to export to a neighboring country at a ________ price
  • premium
The island is a colony: however, in most matters it is ____ and receives no orders from the mother country.
  • autonomous
Learners of English as a foreign language often fail to ____ between unfamiliar sounds in that language.
  • distinguish