The words to use are at the bottom i’ll do the brainliest thing if you do it
Overuse of the soil and an extended drought contributed to the _(1)_ known in history as
the Dust Bowl. In the Midwest, _(2)_ fields lay barren for a decade, forcing many _(3)_ of
the community to give up their farms and seek employment in the cities, where industry
_(4)_ them with promises of steady, but ultimately minuscule, paychecks. In the years that
followed the Dust Bowl, farmers stopped over-plowing fields because they knew that no
one could _(5)_ nature's wrath.
The kind knew that his plan for a surprise attack would be a[n] _(6)_ that would test the
_(7)_ of his soldiers, but it was the only chance he had of thwarting the invading fleet.
Speed would be the key to success; one _(8)_ in the ranks could jeopardize the entire
operation if the soldier were not in place at the right time. As an incentive to fight well, the
kind promised to _(9)_ each soldier with twenty acres of land after the battle. The promise
was unprecedented, but on the other hand, if the army should fail, then the soldiers would
be lucky to have proper _(10)_ because the invaders did not plan to take prisoners.
Words to use:
Blight
Denizen
Elude
Entice
Fallow
Fealty
Gambit
Gratify
Laggard
Obsequy
