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Vocabulary 3
Hunger games
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pariah | an outcast |
| incapacitated | unable to react or respond |
| scrupulously | being cautious |
| ruse | a trick or bluff |
| peruse | to read thoroughly |
| stalemate | a standstill or standoff |
| arduous | hard to endure |
| emanating | to flow out |
| ominous | threatening |
| poised | composed, dignified |
| sadistic | extreme cruelty |
| futile | ineffective ; useless |
| dappled | having spots of a different shade,tone,or color |
| plaintively | expressing sorrow or sadness |
| repellent | repulsive ; forcing or driving back |
| peevishly | a bad mood |
| extricating | to free or release from entanglement |
| emaciated | gradual wasting away of the skin |
| dissonant | disagree |
| intersperse | to scatter here and there |
| wielding | to exercise power |
| attributes | a quality belonging to a person |
| asphyxiation | suffocation |
| revoked | to take back or withdraw |
| immobile | incapable of moving |
| feral | reverting to a natural or wild state of being |
| cadences | rhythmic movement |
| garish | crude or tastelessly colorful |
| contrived | obviously planned |
| arbitrary | determined by chance or impulsive |
| benign | gracious; showing kindness or gentleness |
| rapport | a connection or relation |
| palpable | obvious |