Hunger Games Vocabulary

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  1. maniacally
    in a maniacal manner or to a maniacal degree
  2. tenuous
    lacking substance or significance
  3. disgruntled
    in a state of sulky dissatisfaction
  4. oblivion
    the state of being disregarded or forgotten
  5. incoherent
    without logical or meaningful connection
  6. adversary
    someone who offers opposition
    adversaries
  7. emaciated
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
  8. irredeemable
    not capable of or subject to reform or remedy
  9. guffaw
    a burst of loud and hearty laughter
  10. arduous
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  11. ludicrous
    inviting ridicule
  12. ruminate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  13. endearment
    the act of showing affection
  14. sparse
    not dense or plentiful
  15. dispersed
    distributed or spread over a considerable extent
  16. superiority
    the quality of being better than someone or something
  17. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
  18. unrelenting
    not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
  19. gingerly
    in a manner marked by extreme care or delicacy
  20. abstain
    refrain from doing, consuming, or partaking in something
  21. quell
    suppress or crush completely
  22. circuitous
    deviating from a straight course
  23. reprieve
    postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal
  24. precariously
    in a manner affording no ease or reassurance
  25. sate
    fill to contentment
  26. astronomical
    relating to the branch of physics studying celestial bodies
  27. eradicate
    destroy completely, as if down to the roots
  28. trumping
    (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit
  29. impotence
    an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate
  30. despondency
    feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
  31. lethargy
    inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
  32. consolidate
    form into a solid mass or whole
  33. unprecedented
    novel; having no earlier occurrence
  34. incapacitated
    lacking in or deprived of strength or power
  35. festering
    (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
  36. caliber
    diameter of a tube or gun barrel
  37. emanate
    give out, as breath or an odor
  38. plaintively
    in a manner expressing sorrow
  39. irreverent
    showing lack of due respect or veneration
  40. riveting
    capable of arousing and holding the attention
  41. acquisition
    something gained
  42. intersperse
    introduce into one's writing or speech (certain expressions)
  43. reflectively
    in a reflective manner
  44. cadence
    the accent in a metrical foot of verse
  45. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
Created on Wed Mar 30 18:25:57 EDT 2011 (updated Mon Apr 04 10:42:45 EDT 2011)

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