Directions: Select the most appropriate filler(s) for the blank(s) such that the sentence makes coherent sense.

Although there were ______circumstances in this particular violation of the law, the judge ruled that there had to be strict _______ or there would be no law at all.

First blank should be filled in by the word denoting some extreme situation, therefore 'extraordinary' and 'extenuating' both fits the prediction. Let's look at it's pair word. Of 'complaisance'(willingness to please; disposition to be obliging and agreeable) and 'compliance', 'compliance' is in tandem with law and gives a cogent meaning to the sentence. Hence, (4) is the answer.