The teacher suggested we do the exercises with great ________ though they were easy.

In considering people for jobs, we give ____ to those with some experience.

In order to increase the______ of the farm______, our government offers a lot of money to the peasants every year.   

He devoted himself entirely to his research into viruses and it earned him a good _________in his field.

It was a great _____ for him to be pleasant to people he didn’t like.