"The Hunger Games" Vocabulary from Chapter 25

In a dystopian future a young girl is forced to fight for her life and the life of her family in Suzanne Collins's hugely successful book series.

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  1. menacing
    threatening evil or danger
    Up close, I'm sure their more menacing attributes will be revealed.
  2. attribute
    a characteristic that distinguishes objects or individuals
    Up close, I'm sure their more menacing attributes will be revealed.
  3. hamper
    put at a disadvantage
    Peeta starts up hampered by not only the leg but the knife in his hand.
  4. inadvertently
    without knowledge or intention
    As it dies the creature lashes out, inadvertently opening gashes on a few of its companions.
  5. glower
    look angry or sullen as if to signal disapproval
    The green eyes glowering at me are unlike any dog or wolf, any canine I've ever seen.
  6. canine
    a dog, wolf, jackal, or other closely related mammal
    The green eyes glowering at me are unlike any dog or wolf, any canine I've ever seen.
  7. revelation
    an enlightening or astonishing disclosure
    And that revelation has barely registered when I notice the collar with the number 1 inlaid with jewels and the whole horrible thing hits me.
  8. amber
    a deep yellow color
    The small one with the red coat and amber eyes .
  9. ashen
    pale from illness or emotion
    And there, the ashen hair and hazel eyes of the boy from District 9 who died as we struggled for the backpack!
  10. avenge
    take action in return for a perceived wrong
    And the ones we actually killed . . . do they believe they're avenging their own deaths?
  11. stalemate
    a situation in which no progress can be made
    We've reached a stalemate.
  12. asphyxiation
    the condition of being deprived of oxygen
    If I don't do something quickly, he'll die of asphyxiation and then I'll have lost him and Cato will probably use his body as a weapon against me.
  13. collide
    crash together with violent impact
    Cato must have a knife or sword or something, too, something he had hidden in his clothes, because on occasion there's the death scream of a mutt or the sound of metal on metal as the blade collides with the golden horn.
  14. staunch
    stop the flow of a liquid
    I have no bandage, nothing to staunch the flow of blood from his calf.
  15. replicate
    reproduce or make an exact copy of
    I've seen my mother tie a tourniquet a handful of times and try to replicate it.
  16. protocol
    code of correct conduct
    I'm not sure if this is exactly medical protocol, but I'm terrified that if he drifts off he'll never wake again.
  17. muddle
    mix up or confuse
    My brain is too muddled to be sure, but what else could be the reason for the delay?
  18. disclose
    make known to the public information previously kept secret
    Closer examination of the rule book has disclosed that only one winner may be allowed," he says.
  19. blare
    make a loud noise
    The berries have just passed my lips when the trumpets begin to blare.
Created on Wed Apr 18 15:03:25 EDT 2012 (updated Mon Aug 04 12:11:20 EDT 2014)

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