Based on the context, choose the words that correctly complete this excerpt from Ernest Shackleton’s memoir South!Worsley produc
ed several safety-pins from some corner of his garments and (affected/effected/afflicted/effectuated) some temporary repairs that really emphasized his general disrepair. Down we hurried, and when quite close to the station we met two small boys ten or twelve years of age. I asked these lads where the manager’s house was situated. They did not answer. They gave us one look—a (compromising/compressive/commissive/comprehensive) look that did not need to be repeated. Then they ran from us as fast as their legs would carry them.
