Word form: 1. Being in ______ obstructs his progress. (need) 2. Many kinds of timbers in the countryside of Vietnam are ______ with fruit-trees. (cultivate) 3. Nearly-synonymous words usually have their own distinctive connotative meaning which sometimes may drive students to ______ in practical use. (apply) 4. All that he can hope to be now is an expert in a narrow field, not the all-knowing polymath of ______. (year) 5. To feed the cows in his farm, he usually goes into the valley to take ______. (soil) 6. The employees are going to go on strike because of their ______ wages. (beg)