What does the underlined word mean in the following from the story?

Nobody was dragging the creek; no couriers dashed hither and yon bringing tiding of no news to the distracted parents.

Mr. Samual Collins, the mayor, is a __________ citizen in our town.

We knew that we needed some time away, so I made a __________ to go to Atlanta for our weekend trip and everyone agreed it was a great idea.

The Native Americans were the original _______________ of our great land.

Which word means very fierce or violent?

To send out or give off something such as an odor means to...

The character most opposite of the main character; contrasts the main character-

The victims were glad to see the savage ____________ was finally locked up for good!

A synonym for parasite is ___________________.

Guilty officials having been severely punished, the fraudulent creditors of the government remained to be dealt with. Fraudulent means:

The man was arrested because he refused to_______________with the airline's no smoking policy.

Words gushed out ___________________ a gabble, of which, alas, it was only too easy to make sense.

"At the foot of the stairs the match went out, and he paused to strike another; and at the same moment a knock, so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible, sounded the front door."

Instead of paying the ransom, Dorset asks for 250 dollars as a counterproposition. This is an example of ____________ irony.

Which vocabulary word matches this definition: to conquer and control?

In a peremptory tone, the flight attendant told the passenger to either fasten his seatbelt or get off the plane. The definition of peremptory:

He was an ingenious thief who worked most _______________at his trade.