Lukewarm "For breakfast they'd been served some kind of LUKEWARM cereal."

Descendants "...if he failed to do this, he and his DESCENDANTS would be doomed for all of eternity."

Gestured "Magnet GESTURED with his arms to the great expanse around them."

Dawdle "He couldn't afford to DAWDLE. He was way behind the others..."

Helplessly "He glanced HELPLESSLY at his shovel. It wasn't defective. He was defective."

Enviously "Zero was the smallest kid in group D, but he was the first one to finish digging. 'You're finished?' Stanley asked ENVIOUSLY."

Wasteland "He saw a cloud of dust moving across the WASTELAND and noticed that the other boys... The dirt cloud moved closer, and he could see that it trailed behind a red pickup truck."

Unearthed "He UNEARTHED several shovelfuls of dirt in this manner, before it occurred to him that he was dumping the dirt within the perimeter of his hole."

Deftly "He popped some sunflower seeds into his mouth, DEFTLY removed the shells with his teeth, and spat them into Stanley's hole."

Alas "ALAS, poor Elya should have carried the pig up the mountain one last time. The two pigs weighed exactly the same."

Defective "The force stung his hands but made no impression on the earth. He wondered if he had a DEFECTIVE shovel."

Staggered "Stanley STAGGERED across the lake, almost falling over a dirt pile."

Summoned "He SUMMONED his daughter. Elya blushed when Myra entered the room."