From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used.
abate
decorum
dole
abhor
droll
austere
duplicity
B.
Typhoon Paka hammered the island of Guam for twelve hours before the winds
__. Gusts over two hundred miles an hour devastated the previously green island, creating __ living conditions for residents in the weeks to come, especially for the estimated five thousand people who lost their homes. Residents able to witness Paka in action were astounded by the serious but almost __ sight of Paka's invisible forces tossing around automobiles, dumpsters, and palm trees as though they were children's toys. In the days following Paka, residents adhered to traditional post-typhoon __ by cleaning up hundreds of tons of debris, checking on the condition of friends and neighbors, repairing property, and, because of the lack of electricity, hosting mass barbecues before food perished in warm refrigerators. Luckily, food was not in short supply, but water had to be __ out by several agencies in the weeks following the tempest.