Vocabulary • Ch 1.7 - Things Fall Apart • Fill in the blanks

The hikers carefully _________ the steep mountain trail.

• elusive

• talon

• entrails

• descend

They reached an _________ about the terms of their agreement.

• entrails

• accord

• harbinger

• sparse

The teacher gave a stern _________ to the student for his disruptive behavior in class.

• distill

• entrails

• cease

• rebuke

She _________ sickness to get out of going to the party.

• feigned

• copious

• distill

• descend

The contract states that I am _________ to complete the project by the end of the month.

• rebuke

• copious

• feigned

• bound

The butterfly was _________, fluttering just out of reach.

• elusive

• feigned

• talon

• accord

The office was cluttered, except for a _________ number of documents on the desk.

• talon

• elusive

• harbinger

• sparse

The eagle swooped down and caught its prey with its sharp _________.

• rebuke

• talon

• elusive

• accord

They were able to _________ the essence of the novel into a short film.

• copious

• elusive

• feigned

• distill

The archaeologist carefully examined the animal _________ for clues about its diet.

• harbinger

• rebuke

• entrails

• descend