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Part 3 Hunger games
Term | Definition |
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pariah | an outcast |
incapacitated | unable to act |
scrupulously | being cautious |
ruse | a trick |
peruse | to read thoroughly |
stalemate | a standstill |
arduous | hard to endure |
emanating | to issue, procced |
ominous | evil-looking |
poised | composed |
sadistic | extreme cruelty |
futile | ineffective |
dappled | having spots of different shades, tone, or color |
plaintively | expressing sorrow or sadness |
repellent | repulsive, forcing |
peevishly | a bad mood |
extricating | to free or release from entanglement |
emaciated | gradual wasting away of the skin |
dissonant | disagreeing |
intersperse | to scatter at intervals |
wielding | to exercise power |
attributes | a quality belonging to a person or group |
asphyxiation | suffocation |
revoked | to take back |
immobile | incapable of moving |
feral | reverting to a natural state |
cadences | rhythmic movement |
garish | crude or tastelessly colorful |
contrived | obviously planned |
arbitrary | determined by chance |
benign | gracious or kind |
rapport | a connection or relation |
palpable | obvious, capable of being touched |