Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word. Choose your answers from the options given below.

(burglary, buoyant, brackish, calamitous, callous, brutality, butt, calamities)

1. A drought would be ………………. to the region’s crops.

2. Years of pain made him ………………. to the suffering of others.

3. Natural ………………. claim thousands of lives each year.

4. It is no fun to be the ……………. of a joke.

5. Taking a deep breath and holding it can keep a person …………….. in the water.

6. The …………….. took place when no one was home.

7. The kidnappers subjected their prisoners to extreme ……………….

8. The water is too …………… to drink.

Answers

1. A drought would be calamitous to the region’s crops.

2. Years of pain made him callous to the suffering of others.

3. Natural calamities claim thousands of lives each year.

4. It is no fun to be the butt of a joke.

5. Taking a deep breath and holding it can keep a person buoyant in the water.

6. The burglary took place when no one was home.

7. The kidnappers subjected their prisoners to extreme brutality.

8. The water is too brackish to drink.

Meanings

Callous – unsympathetic

Calamitous – disastrous

Butt – target

Calamity – disaster

Buoyant – floating

Burglary – housebreaking

Brutality – cruelty

Brackish – salty