Hunger Games

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Hunger Games Vocabulary
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  1. ordinarily
    under normal conditions
  2. grimness
    the quality of being ghastly
  3. dissent
    a difference of opinion
  4. staggering
    so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
  5. tenuous
    lacking substance or significance
  6. custody
    guardianship over
  7. oblivion
    the state of being disregarded or forgotten
  8. despicable
    morally reprehensible
  9. emaciated
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
  10. surly
    unfriendly and inclined toward anger or irritation
  11. arduous
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  12. spoil
    make a mess of, destroy or ruin
  13. pretense
    the act of giving a false appearance
  14. tremulous
    quivering as from weakness or fear
  15. subtle
    difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
  16. decent
    socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
  17. delectable
    extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
  18. clench
    squeeze together tightly
  19. sparse
    not dense or plentiful
  20. rejuvenate
    make younger or more youthful
  21. solitude
    a state of social isolation
  22. dispersed
    distributed or spread over a considerable extent
  23. fatality
    the quality of being able to cause death
  24. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
  25. lure
    provoke someone to do something through persuasion
  26. scarcity
    a small and inadequate amount
  27. distress
    a state of adversity
  28. urgency
    an earnest and insistent necessity
  29. gingerly
    in a manner marked by extreme care or delicacy
  30. abstain
    refrain from doing, consuming, or partaking in something
  31. quell
    suppress or crush completely
  32. flail
    an implement with a handle and a free swinging stick
  33. hallucination
    illusory perception
  34. reprieve
    postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal
  35. sate
    fill to contentment
Created on Sat Mar 26 22:40:34 EDT 2011

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