VOCABULARYFrom the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used.
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\begin{matrix}
\text{fidelity} & \text{hilarity} & \text{melee} & \text{personification}\\
\text{fiat} & \text{gyrate} & \text{cavort}\\
\end{matrix}
$$
Startled by crashing noises coming from the office, Tina ran out of the living room to find her two sons in a ______. Apparently, they were fighting over who was next to spin around in the office chair. "You've got hundreds of toys upstairs, and you two fight over who gets to ______ n an office chair?" screamed Tina. "Go play outside—it's a nice day! As the boys, one six and the other seven, ran into the yard, Tina wondered what would become the next object of conflict. Her boys were the _____ of sibling rivalry— they fought over rights to everything, no matter how silly. The ridiculous disputes were often cause for ______, but too much of it quickly became irritating. Despite the rivalry, Tina didn't question the boys' ________ to each other as brothers; they covered for each other as often as they fought. VOCABULARYFrom the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. retinue, prate, cliche, unfettered, conscript, extol, impute. There were few volunteers among Captain Hawley's crew of privateers; the captain _____ most of them, giving them the choice of sinking with their plundered ships or joining his crew. England _____ Hawley in at least ten acts of piracy, but never captured him. Like most privateers, Hawley was _____ of the traditional maritime laws and could thus choose his targets freely. Traitors among Hawley's crew often _____ secretly about mutiny, but it would have been almost impossible to fight past the captains personal _____ of trusted officers.