HSC - English 2nd Paper→Board Exam Grammar→10. Linking words/Sentence connectors

$\boxed{\rm{in~short\qquad though\qquad until\qquad more~over\qquad in~spite~of \qquad if\qquad both\qquad as}}$Mr. X is a miser (a)——–he earns a lot of money. He seldom buys new clothes, (b)——–he bargains with the shopkeepers to save money (c)——–having many friends, he always avoids entertaining them, (d)——–he and his wife put on shabby dresses, (e)——–, he possesses a strange personality.