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Hunger games part 3
Term | Definition |
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Pariah | An outcast; someone avoided |
Incapacitated | Unable to act or respond |
Scrupulously | Being cautious, careful, conscientious |
Ruse | A trick or bluff |
Peruse | To read thoroughly; survey or examine in detail |
Stalemate | A standstill or standoff |
Arduous | hard to endure; labor intensive |
Emanating | To issue, proceed, to flow out |
Ominous | Threatening; evil looking |
Poised | Composed, dignified |
Sadistic | Extreme cruelty; enjoyment of being cruel |
Futile | Ineffective; useless |
Dappled | Having spots of a different shade, tone, or color |
Plaintively | Expressing sorrow or sadness; mournful |
Repellent | Repulsive; forcing or driving back |
Peevishly | A bad mood; showing annoyance |
Extricating | To free or release from entanglement; to liberate |
Emaclated | Gradual wasting away of the skin; abnormally thin |
Dissonant | Disagreeing; out of harmony |
Intersperse | To scatter here and there at intervals |
Wielding | To exercise power; to dominate |
Attributes | A quality belonging to a person, thing, or group |
Asphyxiation | Suffocation |
Revoked | To take back or withdraw |
Immobile | Incapable of moving or being moved |
Feral | Reverting to a natural or wild state of being |
Cadences | Rhythmic movement or flow |
Garish | Crude or tastelessly colorful; showy; elaborate |
Contrived | Obviously planned |
Arbitrary | Determined by chance or impulsive |
Benign | Gracious; showing kindness or gentleness |
Rapport | A connection or relation; fellowship |
Palpable | Obvious; tangible; capable of being touched or felt |