Vocabulary • Ch 11 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets • Fill in the blanks

I don't have any direct _________s living in this city.

• shrewd

• horizontal

• relative

• deliberate

The _________ slithered silently through the tall grass.

• mayhem

• deliberate

• solemn

• serpent

The detectives were able to _________ the suspect's movements using the surveillance footage.

• inexplicable

• trace

• mayhem

• serpent

She decided to _________ her head in acknowledgement.

• trace

• incline

• fluster

• malevolent

The scientist will _________ the experiment to the students.

• subside

• demonstrate

• mayhem

• curt

The _________ businessman made a profitable investment.

• poise

• shrewd

• serpent

• ashen

The waves began to _________ as the storm passed.

• malevolent

• fluster

• inexplicable

• subside

There was _________ in the streets as the riot broke out.

• inexplicable

• subside

• mayhem

• demonstrate

Her face turned _________ when she heard the devastating news.

• shrewd

• ashen

• horizontal

• curt

The picture frame on the wall was hanging _________, tilting to the side.

• deliberate

• askew

• mayhem

• poise