Although she was very tempted to accept the job she was offered, she had to ..... the offer because the salary would have been insufficient

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(*) return

(*) reject

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Although the verbs ‘to reject’ and ‘to refuse’ are similar in meaning, there is a difference. While ‘to reject’ usually is a followed by a noun, ‘to refuse’ is usually followed by an infinitive which is why ‘to refuse’ doesn’t work here.