Use the context clues in the sentences to determine which words belong in the blanks

Rely /determination/ peered/ urgency/ rookie/dispose
accelerated/ extinct/evidence
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1. "I need to
on you to take good care of your baby sister," Mom said.

2. Marsha out the window to see what had made that loud noise. When she looked closely, she could
see a raccoon.

3. We need to of all the junk in the bottom of your closet. If we don't get rid of
it, you're going to run out of room.

4. The runners
, or went faster, as they got closer to the finish line.

5. The player won the “
of the Year" award at the end of his first season.

6. Susan'sand hard work paid off when she finally finished the long project
and got an A.

7. In science, we use the word
to mean that an entire species has died off.

8. The body of the doll sat hunched over on the little girls unmade bed.
9. The lawyer brought a lot of
to court in order to prove that his client was not
guilty.

10. The baby was coming right now and there was a great sense of
as we rushed to the hospital.