The Hunger Games: Chapters 1–6

by Suzanne Collins
Katniss Everdeen must fight for her life in a televised survival competition. Learn these words from the first book of Suzanne Collins's dystopian trilogy.

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  1. supple
    moving and bending with ease
    I swing my legs off the bed and slide into my hunting boots. Supple leather that has molded to my feet.
  2. apothecary
    a health professional who prepares and dispenses drugs
    They ran an apothecary shop in the nicer part of District 12.
  3. cumulative
    increasing by successive addition
    And the entries are cumulative. So now, at the age of sixteen, my name will be in the reaping twenty times.
  4. terse
    brief and to the point
    We all exchange terse nods then focus our attention on the temporary stage that is set up before the Justice Building.
  5. sustenance
    a source of food or nourishment
    He lists the disasters, the droughts, the storms, the fires, the encroaching seas that swallowed up so much of the land, the brutal war for what little sustenance remained.
  6. dissent
    the act of protesting
    So instead of acknowledging applause, I stand there unmoving while they take part in the boldest form of dissent they can manage.
  7. condone
    excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
    Silence. Which says we do not agree. We do not condone. All of this is wrong.
  8. keel over
    fall suddenly; collapse
    I didn't pick it up for fear I would keel over and be unable to regain my feet.
  9. sodden
    wet through and through; thoroughly wet
    I remember the outlines of garden beds not yet planted for the spring, a goat or two in a pen, one sodden dog tied to a post, hunched defeated in the muck.
  10. blather
    foolish gibberish
    It's mostly a lot of blather about what we owe the Capitol.
  11. demeanor
    the way a person behaves toward other people
    She has dark brown skin and eyes, but other than that, she's very like Prim in size and demeanor.
  12. decrepit
    worn and broken down by hard use
    Only when she mounts the stage and they ask for volunteers, all you can hear is the wind whistling through the decrepit buildings around her.
  13. mentor
    a wise and trusted guide and advisor
    "Your mentor has a lot to learn about presentation. A lot about televised behavior."
  14. affectation
    a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
    "Hello, Katniss. I'm Cinna, your stylist," he says in a quiet voice somewhat lacking in the Capitol's affectations.
  15. prestigious
    having influence by reason of high status
    On the buildings that surround the Circle, every window is packed with the most prestigious citizens of the Capitol.
Created on Thu May 17 16:57:20 EDT 2018 (updated Mon Aug 04 11:11:23 EDT 2025)

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