Chapter 8 I Will Survive

	hard-working Ex: Spending hours in the hot sun digging out every tiny weed, Sidney tended her garden with _________ attention.
	forceful; urgently demanding attention Ex: By ignoring the problems in the city, the mayor gave people a very ________ reason to vote him out of office.
	marked by painstaking effort; hard-working Ex: With a lot of ________ effort, they were able to finish the model airplane in record time.
	stubbornly persevering Ex: Her first attempts resulted in failure,but her _______ efforts ultimately ended in success.
	to put up with; to survive a hardship Ex: It was difficult to _______ the incredibly boring lecture given in class the other day.
	courageous; fearless Ex: The _______ young soldier scaled the wall and attacked the enemy forces despite being outnumbered 50 to 1.
	one who is independent and resists adherence to a group Ex: In the movie Top Gun, Tom Cruise was a _______; he often broke the rules and did things his own way.
	stubborn; inflexible Ex: Leanna was so obdurate that she was unable to change her way of thinking on even the most minor issues.
	stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action Ex: Even though he begged them constantly, Jeremy's parents were ________ in their refusal to buy him a Wii.
	to grow or increase rapidly Ex: Because the number of cellphones has _______ in recent years, many new area codes have been created to handle the demand for phone numbers.
	persistence Ex: With his overwhelming ________, Clark was finally able to interview Zac Efron for the school newspaper.
	energy; power to survive Ex: After a few days of rest, the exhausted mountain climber regained his usual ______.