Vocabulary • Ch 2.4 (12) - 1984 • Fill in the blanks

They _________d in a lively discussion about current events.

• compulsion

• melancholy

• diffuse

• engage

The warm breeze _________s the arrival of the storm.

• gratuitous

• obligation

• precede

• intervene

She used _________ to manipulate her way to the top.

• postpone

• gratuitous

• deception

• melancholy

The aroma from the candles began to _________ throughout the room.

• postpone

• obligation

• deception

• diffuse

The _________ child asked a lot of questions about the world around them.

• melancholy

• inquisitive

• intervene

• obligation