Vocabulary in Context

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Vocabulary in Context
Grandma's Desert Home
Grandma told me that even as a young woman she
___________________ the city.  She never liked
the crowds and always ______________________
quiet times.  That's why she moved to the
desert.  The first time I visited her there, I
was surprised.  From the road, you could not see
her house.  It was hidden by tall grasses and
other desert ____________________.  I had not
expected to see so many plants in the desert.   
When Grandma and I walked behind her house, I saw
a giant _____________________.  Its wooden arms
were spinning slowly in the breeze.  Grandma
explained that as it spins, the windmill pumps
water from her well.  She has ____________________
___ water for drinking and bathing.  There's even
enough for watering the vegetables that she has
planted in _____________________________in the
soil.