Vocabulary • Ch 13 - The Hunger Games • Fill in the blanks

The smell made him _________ and turn away.

• confront

• retch

• circuitous

• inferno

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

• motivation

• circuitous

• precise

• abate

His _________ masked his true feelings of insecurity.

• bravado

• stifle

• precise

• indefinitely

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

• stupor

• precise

• quell

• inferno

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

• retch

• quell

• inferno

• scathing

She tried to _________ her laughter during the serious meeting.

• stupor

• retch

• indefinitely

• stifle

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

• stupor

• confront

• quell

• scathing

The movie release has been postponed _________.

• inferno

• indefinitely

• stifle

• quell

The firefighters bravely battled the _________ engulfing the building.

• quell

• stifle

• abate

• inferno

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

• quell

• motivation

• bravado

• abate