stories of survival vocab hunger games

Utopia 

an imaginary perfect world where everything is idea

Dystopia 

an imaginary terrible world where life is extremely bad, often because of oppression or disaster

Reaping 

the act of cutting and gathering a crop; like harvesting grain

Meager 

a very small amount; not enough

Racketeer 

a person who makes money through illegal or dishonest activities

Repentance 

the feeling of being sorry for something wrong you have done and deciding not to do it again

Treason 

the crime of betraying your own country

Insurmountable 

impossible to overcome; too great to be dealt with

Sanctioned 

officially approved or authorized

Demeanor 

a person’s outward behavior or manner; how they seem to others

Decrepit 

worn out or broken down from age or use

Inexplicable 

impossible to explain or understand

Affectation 

behavior or speech that is not genuine, but is used to impress others

Deluged 

overwhelmed with a huge amount of something, like being flooded with work or water

Oblivious 

completely unaware of what is happening around you

Surly 

bad-tempered, rude, and unfriendly

Ferocity

extreme and violent intensity or fierceness

Anecdote 

a short, amusing, or interesting story about a real person or event

Antidote 

a medicine or remedy that counteracts a poison

Smoldering 

burning slowly with smoke but no flame; or showing barely suppressed anger or emotion

Pariah 

a person who is hated and rejected by society; an outcast

Incapacitated 

deprived of strength or power; made unable to act or function

Emanating 

flowing out or coming from a source

Ominous 

giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening

Peevishly 

in a way that shows annoyance or irritation, especially over something unimportant

Extricating 

freeing someone or something from a constraint or difficulty

Dissonant 

freeing someone or something from a constraint or difficulty