Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in its appropriate form. afford impulse prolong bestow invariable promiscuity creed perpetual spectacle flinch proceed spontaneous 1. After the coffee break the delegates returned to the conference hall and the plenary session __________ as scheduled. 2. The visitors were frightened to _______ when the dog barked at them in front of the gate. 3. Colin’s excuse for his ___________ was that women were purposefully to throw themselves in his way. 4. Life will ________ blessings on those who have kindness and gratitude to offer. 5. The Parliament has recently passed a number of laws that ban discrimination on the basis of race or ______. 6. The highest and best form of efficiency is the ___________ cooperation of a free people. 7. Yoga is believed to _______ the training of the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility. 8. She blushed when being told that her fiancé drank too much and made a _________ of himself the night before.