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Fill: He could not __________ the temptation to look at the answers.

Aresist
Breject
Cremove
Drelease
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. resist
1. "Resist temptation" is the standard collocation. 2. Reject / remove / release do not fit idiomatically. _Source: TSICET 2024 PYQ Q.164 (Shift 1, Vocabulary)_
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