Click on the correct adjective or adverb in the parentheses.
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Example
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Few city dwellers have a hard time deciding whether cockroaches or rats are (worse /
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Rats are (more unique threats /
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In addition to looking (disgusting /
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Most city rats are Norway rats; they came on ships from Europe, and their numbers grew very (quick /
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Wild rats cannot find their (favorite /
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City rats, in contrast, have done quite (good /
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Like city people, city rats have learned to live in smaller spaces than their country cousins; in addition, they thrive (beautiful /
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Rats are among the (destructivest /
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Perhaps the biggest reason people dislike rats is that rats take advantage of humans so (skillful /
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When a rat is caught in a trap, few people, including animal lovers, feel (bad /
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