Vocabulary The Hunger Games - 04

Question 1

to forage

Answer 1

(of a person or animal) search widely for food or provisions.

Question 2

meadow

Answer 2

a field with grass and often wild flowers in it:

Question 3

copse

Answer 3

a small group of trees.

Question 4

to mull

Answer 4

think about (a fact, proposal, or request) deeply and at length.

Question 5

meticulous

Answer 5

showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.

Question 6

acrid

Answer 6

unpleasantly bitter or pungent.

Question 7

beeline

Answer 7

a straight line between two places.

Question 8

tentative

Answer 8

not certain or fixed; provisional.

done without confidence; hesitant.

Question 9

to tromp

Answer 9

walk heavily; trudge.

Question 10

lopsided

Answer 10

with one side lower or smaller than the other.

Lopsided hearing

Question 11

to intersperse

Answer 11

scatter among or between other things; place here and there.

Question 12

to flutter

Answer 12

to make a series of quick delicate movements up and down or from side to side, or to cause something to do this

Question 13

wreath

Answer 13

an arrangement of flowers, leaves, or stems fastened in a ring and used for decoration or for laying on a grave.

Question 14

to staunch

Answer 14

to stop something happening, or to stop liquid, especially blood, from flowing out

Question 15

Dappled

Answer 15

marked with spots or rounded patches.

Question 16

clasp

Answer 16

a device with interlocking parts used for fastening things together.

Question 17

to wedge

Answer 17

to make something stay in a particular position by using a wedge

Question 18

plaintive

Answer 18

used to describe something that sounds slightly sad

Question 19

irreverent

Answer 19

not showing the expected respect for official, important, or holy things

Question 20

tureen

Answer 20

a deep covered dish from which soup is served.

Question 21

exasperate

Answer 21

irritate and frustrate (someone) intensely.

Question 22

to flit

Answer 22

move swiftly and lightly.

Question 23

to hamper

Answer 23

to make an action intended to achieve something more difficult

Question 24

inadvertently

Answer 24

without intention; accidentally

Question 25

to crease

Answer 25

make a crease in (cloth or paper).

Question 26

to pucker

Answer 26

(especially with reference to a person’s face) tightly gather or contract into wrinkles or small folds.

Question 27

garish

Answer 27

obtrusively bright and showy

Question 28

to flaunt

Answer 28

display (something) ostentatiously, especially in order to provoke envy or admiration or to show defiance.

Question 29

contraption

Answer 29

a machine or device that appears strange or unnecessarily complicated, and often badly made or unsafe.

Question 30

flimsy

Answer 30

insubstantial and easily damaged.

Question 31

to omit

Answer 31

leave out or exclude (someone or something), either intentionally or forgetfully.

Question 32

brow

Answer 32

a person’s forehead.

Question 33

instigator

Answer 33

a person who brings about or initiates something

Question 34

insidious

Answer 34

proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with very harmful effects.

Question 35

Palpable

Answer 35

(of a feeling or atmosphere) so intense as to seem almost tangible.