Matilda Ch4-6
The experience had clearly chastened Mr. Wormwood, and he seemed temporarily to have lost his taste for ______ing and bullying.(bragging, showing off)
boasting
She kept right on reading, and for some reason this _______ed the father.(made him very mad)
infuriated
Perhaps his anger was ________ed because he saw her getting pleasure from something that was beyond his reach.
intensified