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

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4