VOCABULARYFrom the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used.
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\text{mitigate} & \text{macabre} & \text{filial} & \text{farcical}\\
\text{impervious} & \text{adjunct} & \text{nadir}\\
\end{matrix}
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Frank thought that a camping trip might be a good way to improve his ______ relationship with his son and daughter, whom he rarely saw due to his long work hours. He planned a hike from the summit to the ______ of a canyon and then picked out a nice spot on the map where they could pitch tents for the night and scare each other with _______ stories around the carapfire. Frank thought that the kids would jump at the idea; unfortunately, they did not. "Dad," moaned Tim, "you know that I'm busy this weekend." Frank looked as if he were listening to his son, but he was actually _______ to the protest. "Oh, come on," said Frank, automatically. "We'll have a great time. 1 used to be a[n] ______ counselor for a camp—" "A basketball camp," interrupted Lisa. "And everyone knows that basketball camps are not exactly where people go to learn wilderness survival skills." VOCABULARYFrom the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. penitent, retribution, abscond, repose, agnostic, exodus, scourge, circumspect. Sergeant Neil Newman, one of six mine removal experts in Southeast Asia, makes sure that he is _____ about every aspect of his job. ''There is _____ for mistakes in this line of work, no doubt," warns Newman. "If you take a little mental _____ while you're on the job, and overlook a tripwire, for example, then you'll be lucky to _____ with your life. You can't outrun high explosives. You won't have the chance to be _____ about your error." The uncharted minefields that Neil faces have been a[n] _____ on war-torn nations for decades, and experts estimate that it will take people like Neil hundreds of years to find and neutralize the millions of underground threats.