Vocabulary • Ch 1.3 - I Am Malala • Fill in the blanks

She sat down at the piano to _________ a beautiful melody.

• compose

• recede

• provoke

• hygiene

The lengthy _________ slowed down the process of obtaining a permit.

• belittle

• deter

• bureaucracy

• compose

He was charged with _________ for making derogatory comments about religious figures.

• commotion

• hygiene

• optimistic

• blasphemy

Every year, we gather to _________ the brave soldiers who sacrificed their lives for our freedom.

• recede

• commemorate

• parody

• bankrupt

They expressed their sincerest _________s to the grieving family.

• condolence

• congregate

• mentor

• ridicule