Definitions
To force to leave a country or place; exile
Banish
Physically or mentally exhausting
Grueling
In the morning, Timothy began making the fire pile down on the beach. We'd always keep a small fire smoldering up by the hut so he'd take a piece of burning wood from our small fire to __________ the big one.
Ignite
I saw no need to tell him about my letter to my brother. Abraham has always told me that the less you let an _________ know about you, the better off you'll be.
Adversary
Synonym for banish
Dismiss
A place in which to live
Habitation
The boundary of an area, an object, or a geometric figure
Circumference
Around the entire _________ were numbers from zero to three hundred and sixty, marking the degrees of the circle.
Circumference
She called today and ________ on for hours about that wonderful new puppy.
Jabbered
Synonym for eavesdrop
Overhear
The scattered remains of something broken or destroyed
Debris
To listen secretly to the private conversation of others
Eavesdrop
The winding key was still revolving, but more and more slowly. The melody _______. Another few widely spaced noted plinked, and then it stopped.
Falter
Hurricane Florence's powerful winds and rain left _______ all through the roads, yards, and even some homes.
Debris
Synonym for grueling
Difficult
To cause something to start burning
Ignite
To proceed or continue in an unsteady or weakening manner
Falter
I could hear the murmured conversation between my parents, but I didn't try to _________.
Eavesdrop
Many people keep up a ________ schedule of work six days a week, year after year.
Grueling
Synonym for falter
Hesitate
To talk rapidly and in senseless manner; chatter
Jabber
An opponent or enemy
Adversary
Later in the evening, tired and miles from home, the family drew up on a remote common far from ______, turned the horse loose to graze, and ate their simple supper sitting in the grass.
Habitation
The dictator _______ anyone who opposed him and his ideas.
Banished
Synonym for ignite
Blaze