The lack of coordination between departments began to ______ workflow efficiency, resulting in frequent ______, thereby ______ deadlines and leaving teams increasingly ______.

Everyday more than 1 billion promotional messages are sent that are commercial and __________. Although __________ have used more technology to stop this, __________ find ways around it.

The speaker's attempt to ______ the tense atmosphere with humor was poorly judged, as it seemed to ______ the seriousness of the issue, thereby ______ the audience and making any resolution more ______.

Long ago, in a forest, there lived a tortoise in a drying pond under the ….…… heat.

One day, a crane told him about a nearby marsh with a ….…… of food and water. It urged, "Come now, or you will miss your chance."

While feedback is intended to ______ performance, when delivered insensitively it can ______ confidence, thereby ______ motivation and leaving the recipient feeling unfairly ______.

The sentences below have words that are missing. Choose the best option from those given below to complete the sentence.

The beauty of _________________ is that it poses thought-provoking questions and inspires us to think deeply about _________________ and life in general. Further, _________________ about the ideas and perspectives outlined by different thinkers can help us to gain a better _________________ of the world we live in.