The answer is b discharge
I think it is c because abrasive can be to scrape and abound can be to exist in great quantities or numbers.
The answer would be C. The committee's bickering was seriously impeding any real progress.
impede would translate to preventing...such as preventing progress.
The Three men's lives were saved as they were held above water by the monster which they discover to be a modern submarine, named the Nautilus, as they climb inside they come upon the submarines captain and his crew, his name is Captain Nemo (as i recall).
Unemployment rate can be measured in two ways, narrow
unemployment rate and expanded unemployment rate.
<span>The "narrow unemployment rate" used
for the people who are unemployed and actively seeking work, while the people
who are unemployed and available to work but have not taken active steps to
look for work are referred to the "expanded unemployment rate".</span>
