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Select the word that correctly fills the blank: 'The board decided to ______ the meeting until the auditor's report arrived.'

The correct word is adjourn, which means to postpone or suspend a meeting until a later time. The sentence describes waiting for the auditor's report, so the meeting is being deferred. Adjure, adhere and adopt have different meanings and do not fit this context.

  1. AadjournCorrect
  2. Badjure
  3. Cadhere
  4. Dadopt

Explanation

'Adjourn' means to postpone or break off a meeting to resume later. 'Adjure' means to urgently request or command, 'adhere' means to stick to, and 'adopt' means to accept or take up. Only 'adjourn' fits the meaning of the sentence.

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