Vocabulary • Ch 13 - The Hunger Games • Context Clues

The smell made him retch and turn away.

 

What does the word 'retch' mean?

• To feel or show an urge to vomit

• Harshly critical or very mean

• The reason why you do something

• To become less intense or severe

She found the motivation to finish her project by setting small goals and rewarding herself along the way.

 

What does the word 'motivation' mean?

• Exact or accurate

• To become less intense or severe

• The reason why you do something

• Harshly critical or very mean

His bravado masked his true feelings of insecurity.

 

What does the word 'bravado' mean?

• Pretending to be brave or confident

• To calm or stop something from happening

• To face a problem or challenge

• Taking a longer and indirect route

The police quickly arrived on the scene to quell the disturbance.

 

What does the word 'quell' mean?

• To stop or prevent something from happening

• Pretending to be brave or confident

• For an unlimited or unknown amount of time

• To calm or stop something from happening

The newspaper published a scathing article criticizing the government's handling of the recent scandal.

 

What does the word 'scathing' mean?

• To calm or stop something from happening

• To become less intense or severe

• To stop or prevent something from happening

• Harshly critical or very mean