Homework Help: English

Posted by Amanda on Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 10:31am.

Here is my choices...curtail,devastate,digress,inceantive,incorporate,indispensable,intermittent,rigor,squander,succumb
here is the sentences:
1,2:Duane feels he ____(e)d too many years in inactivity,so now he welcomes the _______s of an exercise program.
3,4.The company decided to ______the construction of its new pant until the architects could decide on how to___an employee gym into the new building.
5,6 My aunt has only____success in quitting smoking. Every few months she _____s to temptation, and then she has to quit all over again.
7,8. As Leo explained a failed business deal that had once_____(e)d him,he _____(e)d into the even more interesting tale of his romanc with Molly, his business partner.
9,10. The informercial offered free samples, ninety-day trails, and every other______possible to get me t buy the "miracle medicine that would change my life." However, I found the sales pitch highly impausible".I simply could not believe that this product was ____to my well-being.

English - Writeacher, Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 10:37am
You're expecting someone else to do your assignment for you? That won't happen.

HOWEVER, if you include what YOU THINK goes in each blank, someone here will be happy to check your work.
English - Amanda, Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 10:54am
I don't know what I think that is why I am asking for help !
English - Writeacher, Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 11:04am
Use http://www.answers.com and/or http://www.onelook.com to look up words you are not 100% confident of ... which must be all of them.

Then give it a try.
English - sam, Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 9:03pm
1.squander
2.digress
3.rigor
4.incentive
5.devastate
6.succumb
7.indispensable
8.incorporate
9.curtail
10.intermittent
English - Ms. Sue, Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 9:31pm
Wow! I don't know how you managed to follow Writeacher's advice and look those words up in a dictionary -- and still miss 8 out of 10.
English - sam, Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 9:35pm
Thanks for your help!

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