Worksheets 17 and 18

Fill in the blanks with the following words: rhythmic, brewing, downwind, momentary, lull, hesitate, despair, gully, gawking, engraving, harnessing, defiant, smokehouse, stampede

1.______________________towards a lower place

2.______________________ a sudden rush or flight of a herd of animals

3.______________________to quiet

4.______________________to cut letters into an object

5._____________________a ditch

6._____________________to put leather straps and metal pieces on a mule to fasten it to a wagon

7._____________________ to be without hope

8._____________________ to refuse to do something

9._____________________ a building whee meats, fish, etc. are cured and flavored with smoke

10.____________________ to stare stupidly

11.____________________ to hold back

12.____________________a short space of time

13.____________________to prepare a fermented liquor, from malt, hops

14.____________________ symmetry