Vocabulary • Ch 13 - The Hunger Games • Context Clues

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Meaning of 'retch'

Back

Urge to vomit

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Motivation

Back

Reason for doing something

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Bravado

Back

Pretending to be brave or confident

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Meaning of 'quell'

Back

To calm or stop something from happening

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Meaning of 'scathing'

Back

Harshly critical or very mean

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Meaning of 'stifle'

Back

To stop or prevent something from happening

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Stupor

Back

State of being unaware or unresponsive

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Meaning of 'indefinitely'

Back

For an unlimited or unknown amount of time

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Inferno

Back

A very hot and destructive fire

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Meaning of 'abate'

Back

To become less intense or severe