"The Hunger Games" Vocabulary from Chapter 21

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. arduous
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
    It's a slow and arduous process, but after a lot of sweating and shifting things around, I'm pretty pleased with my work, The cave now appears to be part of a larger pile of rocks, like so many in the vicinity.
  2. vicinity
    a surrounding or nearby region
    It's a slow and arduous process, but after a lot of sweating and shifting things around, I'm pretty pleased with my work, The cave now appears to be part of a larger pile of rocks, like so many in the vicinity.
  3. inhabit
    live in; be a resident of
    I make a meal out of the smaller, bonier fish that inhabit the stream down here, fill every water container and purify it, and clean my weapons.
  4. confrontation
    discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions
    I'm not sure about Foxface since direct confrontation isn't her style or her forte.
  5. forte
    an asset of special worth or utility
    I'm not sure about Foxface since direct confrontation isn't her style or her forte.
  6. scavenge
    collect discarded or refused material
    She'll probably be hanging somewhere nearby, seeing what she can scavenge.
  7. asset
    a useful or valuable quality
    My ability to kill at a distance is my greatest asset, but I know I'll have to go right into the thick of things to get that backpack, the one with the number 12 on it that Claudius Templesmith mentioned.
  8. fatality
    a death resulting from an accident or a disaster
    Feasts always result in fatalities.
  9. prolong
    lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
    Nothing else will be of much use if I don't return, and even these would only prolong his life a short time.
  10. irreparable
    impossible to rectify or amend
    I don't know what the explosion did, but it damaged something deep and irreparable.
  11. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
    As if the daytime trees and flowers and stones had gone to bed and sent slightly more ominous versions of themselves...

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  12. cunning
    showing inventiveness and skill
    Everyone has distinguished themselves either by strength or deadliness or cunning.
  13. admiration
    a feeling of delighted approval and liking
    By the lime I've worked through the emotions of surprise, admiration, anger, jealousy, and frustration, I'm watching that reddish mane of hair disappear into the trees well out of shooting range.
  14. emergence
    the act of coming out; becoming apparent
    I can sense the emergence of danger before I see it.
  15. fatal
    bringing death
    She turns just enough to avoid a fatal hit, but the point punctures her upper left arm.
  16. severity
    the degree of something undesirable as pain or weather
    Unfortunately, she throws with her right, but it's enough to slow her down a few moments, having to pull the arrow from her arm, take in the severity of the wound.
  17. anatomy
    alternate name for the body of a human being
    My hand slips between the straps and I yank it up on my arm, it's really too small to fit on any other part of my anatomy, and I'm turning to fire again when the second knife catches me in the forehead.
  18. array
    an impressive display or assortment
    It's lined with an impressive array of knives.
  19. defiance
    a hostile challenge
    As my last act of defiance, I will stare her down as long as I can see, which will probably not be an extended period of time, but I will stare her down, I will not cry out.
  20. inexplicable
    incapable of being explained or accounted for
    Has a hovercraft inexplicably plucked her into the air?
  21. flounder
    have difficulties; behave awkwardly
    I plunge right in, boots still on, and flounder downstream.
  22. dappled
    having spots or patches of color
    In the dappled light, I pull the little orange backpack from my arm, cut open the clasp, and dump the contents on the ground.
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