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Part 3 Hunger games
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |