From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used.
amicable
charlatan naive
levity
bask
enraptured
fickle
hoax
mundane
1. When the
citizens of Reynoldsville finally realized that their
forty-cent bottles of miracle sap contained nothing more than licorice
extract and whiskey, they formed a lynch mob and searched for the
who had sold the fake elixir. Unfortunately, Colonel Britton, the quack they were
looking for, had already taken his wagon and quietly left town before dawn. He rode
nonstop for a full day until, in his usual routine, he pulled far off the trail and spent
a day restocking his miracle sap, occasionally breaking to partake of some himself.
by the beautiful scenery of the Black Hills, Britton didn't waste his
opportunity to
in the low autumn sun for the remainder of the afternoon.
While most of his clientele were desensitized to the beauty of nature after spending
harsh lives in it, Britton never once considered his private outings to be.
if he didn't spend at least a few hours enjoying nature every week, he had trouble
maintaining his
demeanor whenever he rolled into a new town. If Britton
didn't at least appear to be happy, people were not going to purchase his tonic, whether
it was a[n].
or not. His customers were very
about spending
their money; if they had even the slightest notion that Britton's product was a scam,
they would not buy it.