19. Over the years, the vigorous foreign policy that this country pursued greatly (amplified, gratified) our role in world affairs.
20. The excuse that he offered for his absence was so (solvent, ramshackle) and
improbable that it fell apart as soon as we looked into it.
21. The business had been losing money for years; but thanks to new management, it is
once again infinite, solvent).
22. The job of a mediator is to help (kindred, estranged) parties find a basis for
settling their differences.
23. Can anyone be so (naive, irascible) as to believe that all famous people who
endorse products on TV actually use those products?
24. I am willing to forgive you, but I don't know if I can ever (obliterate, estrange) the
memory of your dishonesty from my mind.