45. The curator of the Museum was most _____ and let me actually examine the ancient manuscript.
A) favorable
B) gratifying
C) obliging
D) pleasing
46. There is pressure on the American government to _____ the number of immigrants permitted to settle in the US.
A) limit
B) refrain
C) confine
D) decrease
47. The word "must" is often used to indicate _____ while "might" refers to possibility.
A) capacity
B) probability
C) equality
D) ability
48. If you keep getting wrong numbers, your phone could be _____.
A) deceptive
B) defective
C) deficient
D) ineffective
49. We couldn't cut the string because the _____ of the knife was not sharp enough.
A) edge
B) side
C) border
D) front
50. In order to buy a house she had to obtain a _____ from the bank.
A) finance
B) capital
C) loan
D) debt