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Hunger Games Part 3 Vocab
Vocab from Chapters 19-27 of the Hunger Games
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Literature
8th Grade
09/19/2016

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pariah
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an outcast; someone avoided
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incapacitated
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unable to act or respond
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scrupulously
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being cautious, careful, conscientious
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ruse
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a trick or a bluff
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peruse
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to read thoroughly; survey or examine in detail
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stalemate
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a standstill or standoff
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arduous
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hard to endure; labor-intensive
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emanating
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to issue, proceed, to flow out
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ominous
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threatening; evil-looking
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poised
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composed, dignified
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sadistic
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extreme cruelty; enjoyment of being cruel
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futile
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ineffective; useless
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dappled
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having spots of a different shade, tone or color
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plaintively
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expressing sorrow or sadness; mournful
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repellent
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repulsive; forcing or driving back
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peevishly
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a bad mood; showing annoyance
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extricating
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to free or release from entanglement; to liberate
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emaciated
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gradual wasting away of the skin; abnormally thin
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dissonant
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disagreeing; out of harmony
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intersperse
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to scatter here and there at intervals
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wielding
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to exercise power; to dominate
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attributes
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a quality belonging to a person, thing or group
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asphyxiation
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suffocation
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revoked
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to take back or withdraw
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immobile
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incapable or moving or being moved
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feral
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reverting to a natural or wild state of being (like a wild animal)
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cadences
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rhythmic movement or flow
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garish
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crude or tastelessly colorful; showy; elaborate
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contrived
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obviously planned
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arbitrary
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determined by chance or impulsive
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benign
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gracious; showing kindness or gentleness
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rapport
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a connection or relation; fellowship
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palpable
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obvious; tangible; capable of being touched or felt
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