Answers and explanations
- Handful. ‘A handful of something’ means a limited number of it. The idea here is that only a few species possess colour vision similar to that of humans.
- Evolutionary. An adjective – be wary not to use -ing to form it. A rather long word, so mind your spelling as well!
- Reliant. Yet another case where the temptation to use -ing is high. ‘Reliant’ is the ‘proper’ (for the lack of a better word) adjective.
- Ripened. To ripen means to be grown enough – used mainly to talk about fruits, vegetables, and seeds.
- Poisonous. Knowing that it is an adjective is winning half the battle. Getting the spelling right might be a bit tricky, though. And again, no -ing forms.
- Ability. A noun with no negative prefixes – the context already states the negative, so we are not looking to double it.
- Personally. Another option that would fit grammatically and even contextually (to some extent) would be ‘personnel’ – meaning staff, or people who work for him. However, the context makes it clear that we are talking about Mark himself and not other people or their preferences.
- Inconvenience. An inconvenience is something that disturbs you because it causes annoyance or discomfort. It is a rather mild word and fits perfectly with the rest of the idea. Make sure to get the negative prefix right.
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