______ of meaning is a process by which a word that originally had a specialized meaning has now become generalized.

The old couple have been married for 40 years and never once _______ with each other.

He insured his car ________ he had an accident.

Now many major employers are beginning to demand _______ the completion of school

Among the following words, “ ______ ” contains a negative prefix.

The attitude towards life that( )had been trying to demonstrate in his works is known as “grace under pressure ”.

Since economic reform began in 1978, an average growth rate of almost 10% a year has seen Ch ina ’ s GNP nearly quadruple.（）

Mark Twain’s particular concern about the local character of a region came about as “local colorism, ” a unique va riation of American literary( ).

Lexical manipulation is one aspect of the rhetorical features of idioms. The following EXCEPT ______ belong to lexical manipulation.

Modern economics ________ the country ’s agricultural policies.