Freak the Mighty Vocabulary: Fill-in-the-blanks

Because she was always so helpless, her friends nicknamed her "the ______ in distress."

• deficiency

• damsel

• cripple

It was a secret for so long that I never though somebody would ______ it.

• direct

• divulge

• converge

The man used to be a runner before he lost his foot. Now, some people cruelly call him a ______.

• distress

• cripple

• damsel

An albino has a ______ of melanin; that is, color in their skin.

• deficiency

• camoflauge

• distress

The climax of a story is so exciting because it is where we see a ______ of all the other parts of the story.

• combustion

• divulge

• convergence

My father is a very shy person, which means he is not very _____ about his thoughts and feelings.

• confront

• direct

• divulge

Because my father is shy, he does not like to _____ other people about conflicts.

• confront

• direct

• facilitate

I did not know whether the ______ was due to fireworks or some other explosion.

• distress

• firearm

• combustion

My teacher did not _____ me to go to the classroom after assembly, so I went outside instead.

• direct

• divulge

• facilitate

Is _____ a type of energy that is good for the environment?

• combustion

• coal

• firearm