At the Olympic Games our representatives were in ______with the best athletes from all parts of the world. (compete) 2. He pulled off his cap and bowed gently, to my _____and surprise. ( embarrass) 3. Since the party is very informal, whether you wear the red dress or the blue dress is really ______. (important) 4. Thanks to his hard working, he has risen from __________to international fame. (obscure) 5. The paint came off as the result of ____to the rain. ( expose) 6. She knows very little Chinese. This often leads to _____ when she visits China. (understand) 7. In his final agony he called for the _____comfort which he had rejected for years. (religion) 8. The _____spirit is one of the legacies of the Renaissance. ( science) 9. There is something _____about her early childhood. ( mystery) 10. You wouldn’t recognize the island now. It’s changed beyond all _____since the developers moved in. (recognize)