Part I Choose the proper word or phrase for each blank. Make proper changes if necessary. exalt prestige inscrutable stand to flicker amiability do away with make for confer nothing but He looked at me, a ______ of amusement in his cold eyes. The great disparity between the teams did not _______ an entertaining game. Honorary degrees are often _______ on non-academic leaders in the arts, business, and politics. He was _______ to the position of a general manager of the company. When Hanson came home he wore the same ____ demeanour. The growing population _____ slow the rate of development of society. That city has decided to _____ overhead wires. I watched my master's face pass from _____ to sternness. The old universities of Oxford and Cambridge still have a lot of _____. The children dreams of _____ going to the zoo.