Hello Chris,

Great job in your homework!!!

I can see you're trying hard to learn. Your discipline is good, keep it up. Keep applying in your daily life what you learn every day. Knowledge will give you power. Power will give the confidence that you need.  You can do it if others can, so can you. Enjoy your day! ^^
T. Jeny

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

>>correct
2. Years of pain made him __ to the suffering of others. : brutality

>> Years of pain made him callous to the suffering of others.
3. Natural __ claim thousands of lives each year. : calamities

>>correct
4. It is no fun to be the __of a joke. : callous

>>It is no fun to be the butt of a joke.
5. Taking a deep breath and holding it can keep a person __ in the water. : brackish

>>Taking a deep breath and holding it can keep a person buoyant in the water.
6. The __took place when no one was home. : burglary

>>correct
7. The kidnappers subjected their prisoners to extreme __ : butt

>>The kidnappers subjected their prisoners to extreme brutality.
8. The water is too __ to drink. : buoyant

>>The water is too brackish to drink.