Choose one of the words below each sentence to fill the gaps. In each case only one of them is the normal collocation for the underlined word. Use a dictionary if necessary.

1. After his death, she went to the hospital to collect his personal __________________.

2. He made a rather __________________ attempt at an apology, but it didn’t convince anyone.

3. George was a __________________ opponent, and I respected him for that.

4. I began to feel __________________ anxious when she didn’t arrive.

5. She seemed to be __________________ bewildered by the answer they gave her.