SAT Vocabulary Quiz Lesson 19 - Part 2

to become weak or feeble; sag with loss of strength 

brief, using few words 

 The president’s ____________ speech only lasted ten minutes, when it usually takes an hour. 

All his life he possessed a protective ______________ that kept him out of harm’s way.  

Running in his first marathon, Kevin began to ________________with only a mile to go.

 There must have been thousands of people at the funeral to ____________ the death of Princess Diana.

a condition of weariness; fatigue 

fate, destiny; the force generated by a person’s good or bad actions 

to express sorrow or regret; to mourn 

 The troops overcame their _____________ and marched another five miles through knee-deep of snow.