Fill in the blanks with the word/pair of words which best fits the meaning of each sentence. Her husband's icy and aloof behavior told Nazia that her gifts had failed to his _______ anger.
Explanation: The husband's "icy and aloof behavior" suggests he is still angry. The gifts "failed to" do something to his anger, meaning they failed to reduce it. "Appease" means to pacify or placate, which is the intended action that failed. The Bengali translation confirms this: "appease = pacify (শান্ত করা)".
