James Moriarty was Sherlock Holmes's mortal contender/enemy.

Sophia left her job and went to work for a rival/contender company.

The troops had camouflaged themselves so effectively that the enemy/rival didn’t notice them approaching.

During the primary elections, McCain was Bush's leading contender/opponent.

Circle the word which best fits the sentence.

The ______ of today's festival will go to several local charities.

People with a university education tend to have higher profits/earnings than those with basic education.

The company said it had made a revenue/profit of about £1.4bn on the deal.

They bought a new minibus with the proceeds/earnings from the auction.

The central government collects the tax revenue/profit on behalf of local authorities.

Circle the word which best fits the sentence.

What goes through your mind when you wake up in the morning and hear the weather ______ is eighty and sunny?"

He took one look at the wilted plant and gave me an immediate diagnosis/estimation: "It needs more water," he said.

The figures of 9% and 5% were diagnoses/estimations by federal officers, who lacked hard statistical data upon which to base their percentages.

Six hundred workers there lost their jobs today, amid gloomy diagnoses/predictions that there could be worse to come.

At a rough guess/diagnosis, I'd say we're about twenty miles from home.

Circle the word which best fits the sentence.

She ______ her skirt, took a deep breath, and walked into the room.

We tailor/correct any of our products to your company's specific needs.

As a teacher you have to modify/adjust your methods to suit the needs of slower children.

The ways in which organisms have adapted/tailored to survive in this extreme environment are not well understood.

Circle the word which best fits the sentence.

_______ is delayed due to the weather.

_______ are nice. They visit our house sometimes.

  _______ to talk makes him unlike any other animal.