Find a word that means in a very self assured manner .

cease stop
coexist to live in peace in spite of differences
commotion noise and confusion
confidently self-assuredly
dangerous likely to cause harm
desolations miseries
destruction act of ruining something completely
established set up permanently
everlasting eternal
heathen one who does not believe in the god of the bible
midst center of
position the place where something or someone is
refuge shelter
righteousness virtue; just conduct
searched looked for thoroughly
tabernacle place of worship; place where holy things are kept
translation to change into another language
vanity excessive pride

What is the narrators main conflict in this passage

Define the following word using the meaning of the suffix. use your dictionary if you are uncertain of the definition. argument a. full of disagreement b. act of disagreement c. state of disagreement d. quality of disagreement

Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph. 1 money does not buy happiness or security. 2john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. 4in the 1920s, he was rated as one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. 5over 5,000 people were on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. 6at the time of his death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man; he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. 7his carefully built circus empire passed into alien hands. 8all those years of work had turned to dust. 1. business organization alien 2. group beset 3. without funds to pay debts retinue 4. troubled or harassed enterprise 5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing bankrupt