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.

1st one is exasperation

2ND ONE IS languor

3rd one is skirling

4th one is reconciliation

5th one is dispossessed

Explanation:

so

1. Relief at being alive and  exasperation  at his captive plight brought a strange

medley of pious thank offerings

2. He looked across at the man who was fighting so grimly against pain and exhaustion…pain and languor

3.He was peering through the tree trunks and listening through the whistling and skirling

4. For a space of time, both men were silent, turning over in their minds the wonderful changes that this dramatic reconciliation would bring.

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 dispossessed party had never

acquiesced in the  judgment of the courts.”

From David :)

the answer should be:

the intervention of the supernatural gives gilgamesh hope that he will defeat humbaba.

the autor of the text is bringing the point that one achievment of the president john f. kennedy was a success and this caused the next president to use a similar idea. the purposefor the use of the quotation in the text is to support the idea that peace corps was a result of the president's call. in this case, the quotation is presented as part of the writing and does not stand on its own.

answer a.