Acrid Lucrative Grimace Imminent Guileless Embodiment Sauntered Indignation

Acrid Lucrative Grimace Imminent

Guileless Embodiment Sauntered Indignation

Pungent Abhor

1. 
   Afghans Cherish custom but _______rules.
   
2. 
   "I'd sooner eat dirt," he said with a look of __________.
   
3. 
   I imagine the animal sees that its __________demise is for a higher purpose.
   
4. 
   Or, God forbid, what I feared most: ___________devotion? That, most of all, I couldn't bear to see.
   
5. 
   On the surface, he was the _____________of every parent's dream, a strong, tall, well--‐dressed and well--‐mannered boy with talent and striking looks, not to mention the wit to joke with an adult.
   
6. 
   His mouth twitched and, for a moment, I thought I saw a __________.
   
7. 
   Karim was a people smuggler--‐--‐it was a pretty __________business then, driving people out of Shorawi--‐occupied Kabul to the relative safety of Pakistan.
   
8. 
   The place was dim, and the _________smell of beer I'd always disliked permeated the walls.
   
9. 
   I smelled tobacco on him and alcohol, sweet and__________.
   
10. 
    I ran the stand sometimes as Baba ___________ down the aisle, hands respectfully pressed to his chest, greeting people he knew from Kabul.