The Hunger Games Vocab Flashcards
Reaping
Cut or gather
Dystopia
A society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding
Poaching
Illegal hunting
Iridescent
showing luminous colors that seem to change when seen from different angles
Tesserae
A token worth one year supply of grain for one person
Meager
Lacking in quality and quantity
Racketeers
A person who engages in dishonest and fraudulent business dealings
Insurmountable
In capable of being overcome
Demeanor
Behavior towards others
Adversaries
Opponents in a contest
Ferocity
Savage fierceness
Serrated
Notched on the edge
Inferno
Hell
Bravado
Show off
Rendezvous
A planned meeting
Despondency
Loss of hope
Incapacitated
Unable to act or respond
Scrupulously
Being careful
Stalemate
A standstill
Emanating
To proceed
Poised
Composed
Plaintively
Expressing sorrow or sadness
Extricating
To free or release from entanglement
Asphyxiation
Suffocation
Farel
Existing in a wild or untamed state
Garish
Crudely or tastelessly colorful
Palpable
Obvious