Fill in the sentences. 1. Relief at being alive and at his captive plight brought a strange
medley of pious thank offerings. (p. 153 “The Interlopers”)

2. He looked across at the man who was fighting so grimly against pain and exhaustion…pain and
. (p. 154 “The Interlopers”)

3. He was peering through the tree trunks and listening through the whistling and
of the wind. (p. 152 “The Interlopers”)

4. For a space of time, both men were silent, turning over in their minds the wonderful changes that this dramatic would bring. (p. 154 “The Interlopers”)

5. “A famous lawsuit, in the days of his grandfather, had wrested the land from the illegal possession
of a neighboring family of petty landowners; the party had never
acquiesced in the judgment of the courts.” (p. 152 “The Interlopers”)

Abjure, Acumen, Chromosome, Feckless, Loquacious, Adverse, Discreet, Discrete, Peruse, Renown, Acquiesce, Languor, Pious, Retort, Succor, Skirling, Reconciliation, Exasperation, Plight, Dispossessed.