Vocabulary • Ch 1.1 - Where the Crawdads Sing • Fill in the blanks

The _________ responsible for eye color is passed down from parents to their offspring.

• emerge

• profuse

• gene

• beleaguered

She couldn't help but _________ on her past mistakes.

• dwell

• gene

• emerge

• beleaguered

The witness will _________ that he saw the suspect at the scene of the crime.

• profuse

• shoal

• allege

• emerge

The crowd began to _________ after the concert ended.

• renegade

• crustacean

• dwell

• disperse

She expressed _________ gratitude for their support.

• profuse

• crustacean

• scanty

• shoal