Quarter 4 hunger games Vocab

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  1. dissent
    a difference of opinion
  2. staggering
    so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
  3. tenuous
    lacking substance or significance
  4. disgruntled
    in a state of sulky dissatisfaction
  5. oblivion
    the state of being disregarded or forgotten
  6. incoherent
    without logical or meaningful connection
  7. despicable
    morally reprehensible
  8. demeanor
    the way a person behaves toward other people
  9. adversary
    someone who offers opposition
  10. distinguished
    standing above others in character or attainment
  11. contemplate
    think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
  12. emaciated
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
  13. surly
    unfriendly and inclined toward anger or irritation
  14. impulsiveness
    the trait of acting suddenly on impulse without reflection
  15. irredeemable
    not capable of or subject to reform or remedy
  16. unattainably
    in an unattainable manner or to an unattainable degree
  17. guffaw
    a burst of loud and hearty laughter
  18. arduous
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  19. spoil
    make a mess of, destroy or ruin
  20. ludicrous
    inviting ridicule
  21. tremulous
    quivering as from weakness or fear
  22. subtle
    difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
  23. ruminate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  24. patronizing
    characteristic of those who treat others with arrogance
  25. endearment
    the act of showing affection
  26. rejuvenate
    make younger or more youthful
  27. solitude
    a state of social isolation
  28. dispersed
    distributed or spread over a considerable extent
  29. fatality
    the quality of being able to cause death
  30. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
  31. quell
    suppress or crush completely
  32. indefinitely
    to an unknown extent
  33. accusation
    an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offense
  34. circuitous
    deviating from a straight course
  35. conspiratorial
    relating to or characteristic of a secret plot or agreement
  36. precariously
    in a manner affording no ease or reassurance
  37. sate
    fill to contentment
  38. despondency
    feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
  39. lethargy
    inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
  40. levity
    a manner lacking seriousness
  41. festering
    (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
  42. caliber
    diameter of a tube or gun barrel
  43. tirade
    a speech of violent denunciation
  44. intersperse
    introduce into one's writing or speech (certain expressions)
  45. cadence
    the accent in a metrical foot of verse
  46. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  47. inaudible
    impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear
  48. noncommittal
    refusing to bind oneself to a particular course of action
  49. astronomical
    relating to the branch of physics studying celestial bodies
  50. riveting
    capable of arousing and holding the attention
Created on Sun Apr 03 20:02:12 EDT 2011

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