An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）

After she became a lawyer, she decided to （）criminal law.

Mr. Sanders has been asked to（）the next meeting of the committee.

The weakening housing market continued to take its（）on the industry.

I want you to succeed without（）and firmly believe that you will succeed if you try hard enough.

People appreciate（）with him because he has a good sense of humor.

I expected a bigger payment, but I suppose you have to be（）for small mercies.

She had clearly no（）of doing any work, although she was very well paid.

Our department（）courses in several foreign languages.

Many students found the book （）;it provided them with a large amount of information on the subject.