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9 - ELA 1
Hunger Games Vocab Ch 19 - 27
| 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 |
| Chap. 25 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 impulsive |
| benign | gracious; showing kindness or gentleness |
| rapport | a connection or relation; fellowship |
| palpable | obvious; tangible; capable of being touched or felt |