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Hunger Games Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pariah | an outcast; someone avoided |
| Incapacitated | unable to act or respond |
| Scrupulously | being cautious, careful, conscientious |
| Ruse | a trick or bluff |
| Peruse | to read thoroughly; survey or examine in detail |
| Stalemate | a standstill or standoff |
| Arduous | hard to endure; labor-intensive |
| Emanating | to issue, proceed, to flow out |
| Ominous | threatening; evil looking |
| Poised | composed, dignified |
| Sadistic | extreme cruelty; enjoyment of being cruel |
| Futile | ineffective; useless |
| Dappled | having spots of a different shade, tone, or color |
| Plaintively | expressing sorrow or sadness; mournful |
| Repellent | repulsive; forcing or driving back |
| Peevishly | a bad mood; showing annoyance |
| Extricating | to free or release from entanglement; to liberate |
| Emaciated | gradual wasting away of the skin; abnormally thin |
| Dissonant | disagreeing; out of harmony |
| Intersperse | to scatter here & there at intervals |
| Wielding | to exercise power; to dominate |
| Attributes | a quality belonging to a person, thing, or group |
| Asphyxiation | suffocation |
| Revoked | to take back or withdraw |
| Immobile | incapable of moving or being moved |
| Feral | reverting to a natural or wild state of being (like a wild animal) |
| Cadences | rhythmic movement or flow |
| Garish | crude or tastelessly colorful; showy; elaborate |
| Contrived | obviously planned |
| Arbitrary | determined by chance or impulse |
| Benign | gracious; showing kindness or gentleness |
| Rapport | a connection or relation; fellowship |
| Palpable | obvious; tangible; capable of being touched or felt |