In the following question, four words are given, out of

The _________ about teachers is that they are too preoccupied with cultivating professional excellence to bother about connectedness.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

________the A.C. was on, the room was not cool.

I __________ for a new adventure in the United States on the first day of the new year.

Choose the appropriate phrase/words from the options given to fill in the blanks:

Roger Federer’s greatness lies not in smothering the competition, but in _________ the game.

Analysts _________ each successive generation might be "the first to have a lower standard of living than their parents."

Choose the appropriate answer.