The Hunger Games Vocab Flashcards

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Reaping

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Cut or gather

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Dystopia

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A society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding

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Poaching

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Illegal hunting

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Iridescent

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showing luminous colors that seem to change when seen from different angles

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Tesserae

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A token worth one year supply of grain for one person

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Meager

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Lacking in quality and quantity

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Racketeers

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A person who engages in dishonest and fraudulent business dealings

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Insurmountable

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In capable of being overcome

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Demeanor

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Behavior towards others

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Adversaries

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Opponents in a contest

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Ferocity

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Savage fierceness

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Serrated

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Notched on the edge

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Inferno

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Hell

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Bravado

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Show off

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Rendezvous

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A planned meeting

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Despondency

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Loss of hope

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Incapacitated

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Unable to act or respond

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Scrupulously

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Being careful

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Stalemate

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A standstill

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Emanating

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To proceed

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Poised

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Composed

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Plaintively

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Expressing sorrow or sadness

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Extricating

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To free or release from entanglement

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Asphyxiation

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Suffocation

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Farel

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Existing in a wild or untamed state

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Garish

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Crudely or tastelessly colorful

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Palpable

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Obvious