A amorphous
B ephemeral
enervate
E besiege G factious
D perspicacity F altruism carrion
1. Carter had been walking for more than four hours since his truck ran
out of fuel. The morning desert sun blank
him, bringing him closer
to exhaustion. In his weary state, he chastised himself for not having the
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to have brought an extra can of fuel on the trip. In such a
barren, isolated place, Carter knew that he couldn't rely on the blank
of others for help if his truck broke down. The only living things on the
Carter and forced him to swat his
road were biting flies that blank
face and neck every few seconds. They continued to attack until they
when Carter passed a dead hare on
detected the foul smell of 5
the shoulder of the road. The departure of the flies
gave him
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relief as he continued his trudge; the bugs went away, but in the distance,
Carter could see, through eyes stinging with sweat, the blank
distortions of light along the hot, desert floor.