Insert the following words in the sentences below

hallmark gloat liaison freelance

muckraking discreet harass fraud

1. … is a working association or connection.

2. Those gossip columnists really enjoy ….

3. She got a two-year sentence for ….

4. The thief … over the stolen jewels.

5. I feel rather … by all the pressures at the office.

6. She does … translation work for several agencies.

7. It wasn’t very … of you to ring me up at the office.

8. Clear expression is a … of good writing.

Match the words and their definitions.

flagging   raunchy pompous catch-all recount priggish scoop impetus

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characterized by excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity, pretentious exaggeratedly proper to top or outmaneuver (a competitor) obscene, lewd, vulgar to narrate the facts or particulars of an impulse declining, weakening something designed to cover a variety of situations or possibilities

Match the adjectives with suitable nouns.

front hapless ambitious voracious indelible posh freelance salacious prurient catch-all muckraking gloating salacious lowbrow

page interest reporting readers dailies press victim press interest neighbours reporters photographers stain law