Vocabulary • Ch 13 - The Hunger Games • Context Clues

The smell made him retch and turn away.

 

What does the word 'retch' mean?

• For an unlimited or unknown amount of time

• To feel or show an urge to vomit

• A very hot and destructive fire

• Taking a longer and indirect route

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

 

What does the word 'motivation' mean?

• The reason why you do something

• To become less intense or severe

• Taking a longer and indirect route

• A very hot and destructive fire

His bravado masked his true feelings of insecurity.

 

What does the word 'bravado' mean?

• Exact or accurate

• To feel or show an urge to vomit

• Pretending to be brave or confident

• For an unlimited or unknown amount of time

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

 

What does the word 'quell' mean?

• To calm or stop something from happening

• For an unlimited or unknown amount of time

• Pretending to be brave or confident

• A very hot and destructive fire

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

 

What does the word 'scathing' mean?

• Harshly critical or very mean

• For an unlimited or unknown amount of time

• Exact or accurate

• To come out or appear

She tried to stifle her laughter during the serious meeting.

 

What does the word 'stifle' mean?

• To become less intense or severe

• Taking a longer and indirect route

• To stop or prevent something from happening

• Exact or accurate

He woke up in a stupor after a long night of drinking.

 

What does the word 'stupor' mean?

• Pretending to be brave or confident

• A state of being unaware or unresponsive

• For an unlimited or unknown amount of time

• A very hot and destructive fire

The movie release has been postponed indefinitely.

 

What does the word 'indefinitely' mean?

• To become less intense or severe

• Taking a longer and indirect route

• A state of being unaware or unresponsive

• For an unlimited or unknown amount of time

The firefighters bravely battled the inferno engulfing the building.

 

What does the word 'inferno' mean?

• To become less intense or severe

• To stop or prevent something from happening

• A very hot and destructive fire

• To face a problem or challenge

The storm began to abate, and the wind slowly subsided.

 

What does the word 'abate' mean?

• To come out or appear

• Harshly critical or very mean

• To become less intense or severe

• For an unlimited or unknown amount of time