Hunger Games Vocabulary Chapter 1-4

Hunger Games Vocabulary – Chapters 1-4 Glossary

Vocabulary Terms

• Poaching

  • Stealing animals or plants illegally.

• Rations

  • Small portions of food given to someone.

• Maniacally

  • In a wild or uncontrolled manner.

• Verve

  • Energy, enthusiasm, or lively spirit.

• Preposterous

  • Ridiculous or absurd.

• Fondness

  • A liking or affection for someone or something.

• Cumulative

  • Increasing or growing by accumulation over time.

• Eligible

  • Qualified or allowed to do or receive something.

• Snob

  • Someone who looks down on others they consider inferior.

• Anguish

  • Extreme mental or physical pain or suffering.

• Encroaching

  • Gradually intruding or advancing beyond limits.

• Intones

  • Speaks or recites in a slow, serious, and emphatic way.

• Paunchy

  • Having a large belly.

• Laughingstock

  • A person who is ridiculed or mocked by others.

• Protocol

  • Official rules or procedures.

• Synonymous

  • Having the same or nearly the same meaning.

• Hysterically

  • In an uncontrollable or extreme emotional way.

• Dissent

  • Disagreement or refusal to accept a common opinion.

• Condone

  • To accept or allow behavior that is morally wrong.

• Compensation

  • Something given to make up for loss or injury.

• Mesmerized

  • Completely fascinated or captivated.

• Luscious

  • Very appealing to taste or smell; delicious or rich.

• Sloshed

  • Soaked, splashed.

• Dependable

  • Trustworthy and reliable.

• Immobilizing

  • to prevent freedom of movement

• Insurmountable

  • Impossible to overcome.

• Evasive

  • Tending to avoid giving a direct answer.

• Sanctioned

  • Officially approved or allowed.

• Sniveling

  • Complaining or whining in a tearful way.

• Conceivably

  • Possibly or imaginable.

• Dictates

  • to require or determine necessarily

• Oblivion

  • Complete forgetfulness or being unaware.

• Indulgences

  • Acts of allowing oneself pleasure or treats.

• Substantial

  • Large, important, or significant.

• Grandeur

  • Splendor or impressiveness in appearance or style.