lacking strong flavor
BLAND
to die
perish
She was so excited to _____________ her goal of becoming an accountant.
We took the scenic __________ to our cousin's house and got to see some cool cliffs.
ROUTE
to stop working
retire
What starts as a small disagreement can __________ into an all out war.
ESCALATE
very scared
petrified
Due to the plane's _____________ we could see the entire island all at once.
ALTITUDE
Wandering through the green ____________ the sheep felt calm.
PASTURE
very strong, very great
intense
Hillary was such a jokester, you never knew what kind of _______________ she was up to.
MISCHIEF
outdoors with few people; wildlife and forest
wilderness
Kacey and her brother strongly _____________ each other.
RESEMBLE
Edward the VII was the ___________ of the British empire from 1901 to 1910.
MONARCH
to find your way
navigate
Scott didn't like city life, so the bench in Central Park, away from the crowds was his _____________.
OASIS
tiny
miniature
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first people to reach the __________ of Mount Everest. I wonder how it must have felt to be at the top.
SUMMIT
Kalea and her team will dig in the rock very carefully to ___________ the dinosaur bone.
EXCAVATE
to change from one form to another
convert
Because kids had thrown food during lunch, the principal decided to ____________ our right to have recess.
SUSPEND
a general idea or thought about something
concept
One of the dangers of mountain climbing is that you may be buried in a sudden ___________ if something disturbs the snow on the mountaintop.
AVALANCHE
When it came to bullies, Sam's older brother was her ________________, making sure she did not get hurt.
GUARDIAN