The Hunger Games Vocabulary: Part 1 The The Tributes Flashcards | Quizlet

anti-climactic

marked by an outcome that is far less dramatic than expected, low-key or minor

confidant

one entrusted with "confidential" secrets

adversaries

enemies or opponents

synthetic

artificial or human-made; not naturally occuring

remedies

medicines used to cure or treat disease; fixes or solutions to a problem

reaping

gathering or collecting; as in harvesting crops

apothecary

a place that prepares compounds for medicine, like a pharmacy

tangible

capable of being touched; exists in a physical form; unlike ideas or concepts

emaciated

very thin and weak from lack of food and nutirents

amiable

very friendly, social, and generally agreeable; likeable

nsurmountable

impossible to overcome; unbeatable

self-deprecating

showing a tendency to undervalue oneself; humorous mocking oneself

unrequitted

not given in-return one sided

sustenance

food or supplies needed to sustain life

impulsiveness

proneness to sudden change of mind or actions; not planned out

grandeur

magnificence or beauty on a large scale

radical

very different from the traditional or usual; extreme

protocol

the accepted rules or procedures; they way things are usually done

barbarism

the practice or display of "barbaric" actions; violence not accepted by most standards

surly

irritable or moody; resentful, pouty, quick to argue