The Hunger Games: Chapters 20–27

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. haggle
    wrangle, as over a price or terms of an agreement
    You don't haggle with Rooba.
  2. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
    The woods always look different at night. Even with the glasses, everything has an unfamiliar slant to it. As if the daytime trees and flowers and stones had gone to bed and sent slightly more ominous versions of themselves to take their places.
  3. futile
    producing no result or effect
    In a moment, he will realize it's futile, she can't be saved.
  4. respite
    a pause from doing something
    What does he mean? The storm? The brief respite it brings us?
  5. exorbitant
    greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
    Haymitch is our only hope, but nothing is forthcoming, either from lack of money—everything will cost an exorbitant amount—or because he's dissatisfied with our performance.
  6. unhinged
    affected or as if affected with madness or insanity
    The others were upset, of course, but he was completely unhinged.
  7. dissonant
    lacking in harmony
    Dissonant notes intersperse with the melody.
  8. intersperse
    place between or among
    Dissonant notes intersperse with the melody.
  9. indeterminate
    not capable of being ascertained
    This happens on and off for an indeterminate amount of time.
  10. garish
    tastelessly showy
    By comparison, the chariot costume seems garish, the interview dress too contrived.
  11. benign
    kind in disposition or manner
    And beneath his benign reply, I sense a warning.
  12. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
    I suspect Haymitch initially, but then there's a more insidious fear that the Capitol may by monitoring and confining me.
  13. rapport
    a relationship of mutual understanding between people
    He and Peeta already have the rapport they established that night of the first interview, that easy banter, so I just smile a lot and try to speak as little as possible.
  14. segue
    proceed without interruption, in music or talk
    For Caesar, this is a natural place to segue into all the ways we did get hurt in the arena, from burns, to stings, to wounds.
  15. palpable
    capable of being perceived
    "Well, let me know when you work it out," he says, and the pain in his voice is palpable.
Created on Thu May 17 16:58:44 EDT 2018 (updated Mon Aug 04 11:30:32 EDT 2025)

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