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hungergames-vocab
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| synonymous | being alike in meaning or significance - Colonal Sanders - KFC |
| tenuous | having little substance or strengh - flimsy or weak. - Kenuous |
| plaited | weaving or braided |
| insurmountable | not being able to over come - odds are less |
| maces | herbs - |
| anti-climactic | lowest point |
| sanctioned | forced to do. everybody was sanctioned to watch the games |
| demeanor | behavior towards others - Peeta has a giving, loving demeanor |
| decrepit | wasted or weakened over time. |
| inexplicable | can't be explained |
| tureen | a deep usually covered bowl from which foods are served - soup |
| cornucopia | a curved horn or cone that contains abundance - horn of plenty |
| swathe | to bind or wrap like a bandage. |
| affectations | displaying attitudes or behaviors that are not normal. |
| urn | a vase on a pedistal |
| inferno | intense fire - resembles or suggest hell. |
| prestigious | having honor |
| catacombs | underground passageways |
| fiend | devil / demon |
| evasion | escape, slip away |
| serrated | notched or toothed |
| stupor | dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility - drunken stupor |
| copse | a thicket of a small group of trees - Rue and Katniss would hide in a copse in the woods |
| smoldering | a fire without a lot of smoke |
| bravado | being over confident. |
| vipers | a venomous reptile |
| foresight | being able to prepare for the future |
| befuddled | confused |
| rendezvous | a meeting at an a certain place at a certain time |
| imprudent | lacking discretion, wisdom or good judgement - Charlie can be imprudent when it comes to his study habits |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings - noxious fumes or water |
| catastrophe | utter failure - the party was a castrophe - |
| lethargy | abnormal drowsiness, state of being lazy or sluggish - |
| acquistition | the act of acquring - The Ravens acquistitioned two new quarterbacks today in the trade. |
| ruse | a trick |
| stalemate | no movement is possible |
| entourage | a group following a certain person. Haymitch was part of Katniss entourage. |
| guffaw | deep laugh |
| leaching | removal of minerals in the water |
| bluff | to mislead |
| exertion | a act of pulling forth great effort. Charlie puts so much exertion on his muscles while wrestling |
| eradicated | to be done with - move away from |
| indeterminate | not a definite. |
| oblivion | state of being fortten or unkown. - She is so oblivious to the the crowd approaching her |
| dissonant | lacking harmony |
| dissipate | to move away. |
| contagion | spreading virus / disease |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| concealment | to hide |
| entrails | internal parts / inner workings |
| reaping | to harvest / to cut with a sickle |
| apothecary | a person who prepares and sells drugs or compounds. Katniss mom was a Apothecary. |
| iridescent | ranbowlike play of colors. |
| paraffin | waxy flammable substance. |
| tesserae | a small tablet |
| meager | having little |
| racketeers | one who obtains money by an illegal enterprise usually involving intimidations. Mofia |
| sustenance | a means of support for living - food provisions |
| tribute | give up as a gift |
| repentance | to feel regret, sorrow, |
| treason | betrayal |
| impotence | lacking power |
| despondency | showing extreme discouragement, dejection or depression. |
| pariah | one that is despised or rejected - outcast |
| incapacitated | disable |
| scrupulously | having moral integrity - acting in strict regard for what is considered right and proper |
| peruse | to examine |
| arduous | hard to get / obtain |
| emanating | to come out of a source - the smell of a flower |
| ominous | exhibiting an omen - foreshadowing evil |
| poised | balance / easy composure of manner or bearing |
| sadistic | pleasure given by inflicting physical or mental pain on others |
| futile | sevring no useful purposte |
| dappled | mark with small spots or patches contrasting with the background |
| plaintively | expressiveof suffering or woe |
| repellent | to ward off or drive away |
| peevishly | sarcasticaly - some what mean |
| extricating | untangle, unravel, to free or remove |
| emanciated | thin - feeble |
| dissonant | marked by a lack of agreement |
| intersperse | to place something in intervals - not all at once |
| wielding | to handle ( as a tool) especially effectively - Katniss could wield a bow and arrow. |
| attributes | inhereted characteristics |
| asphyxiation | lack of oxyen - the body will become unconsciouness and possible death |
| revoke | to take back |
| immobile | not being able to move |
| feral | wild beast |
| cadences | flow of sound. |
| garish | vivid colors |
| contrived | devise a plan, to compose |
| arbitary | depending on individual discreation (like a judge) and not a law |
| benign | gracious, gentleness, non threating |
| rapport | relation marked by harmony & conformity |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt. |
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