Vocabulary The Hunger Games - 03

Question 1

delectable

Answer 1

(of food or drink) delicious.

Question 2

equidistant

Answer 2

at equal distances.

Question 3

sparse

Answer 3

thinly dispersed or scattered.

Question 4

serrated

Answer 4

having or denoting a jagged edge; sawlike.

Question 5

tress

Answer 5

a long lock of a woman’s hair.

Question 6

to profess

Answer 6

to state something, sometimes in a way that is not sincere

Question 7

to straddle

Answer 7

If you straddle something, you put or have one leg on either side of it.

Question 8

gait

Answer 8

a person’s manner of walking.

Question 9

to hoist

Answer 9

raise (something) by means of ropes and pulleys.

Question 10

imprudent

Answer 10

not showing care for the consequences of an action; rash.

Question 11

canopy

Answer 11

the uppermost branches of the trees in a forest, forming a more or less continuous layer of foliage.

Question 12

searing

Answer 12

extremely hot or intense

Question 13

to defy

Answer 13

openly resist or refuse to obey.

Question 14

to abstain

Answer 14

restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something.

Question 15

to retch

Answer 15

make the sound and movement of vomiting.

Question 16

frantic

Answer 16

almost out of control because of extreme emotion, such as worry:

Question 17

to abate

Answer 17

to decrease in force or intensity:

waiting for the storm to abate

Question 18

to scald

Answer 18

injure with very hot liquid or steam.

Question 19

to convulse

Answer 19

to (cause to) shake violently with sudden uncontrolled movements

Question 20

to scuttle

Answer 20

to move quickly, with small, short steps, especially in order to escape:

Question 21

to stifle

Answer 21

1. make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate.
2. restrain (a reaction) or stop oneself acting on (an emotion).
   “she stifled a giggle”

Question 22

welt

Answer 22

a raised, red area of skin caused by being hit or by cuts healing

Question 23

crevice

Answer 23

a narrow opening or fissure, especially in a rock or wall.

Question 24

to prop

Answer 24

support or keep in position.

Question 25

stupor

Answer 25

a state in which a person is almost unconscious and their thoughts are not clear

Question 26

raspy

Answer 26

A raspy voice sounds unpleasantly rough.

Question 27

to scurry

Answer 27

(of a person or small animal) move hurriedly with short quick steps.

Question 28

to flail

Answer 28

wave or swing wildly.

Question 29

to scoot

Answer 29

go or leave somewhere quickly.

Question 30

to drizzle

Answer 30

rain lightly.

Question 31

bravado

Answer 31

a bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate.

Question 32

precarious

Answer 32

not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse

Question 33

cinch

Answer 33

an extremely easy task.

Question 34

to scamper

Answer 34

(especially of a small animal or child) run with quick light steps, especially through fear or excitement.

Question 35

to teeter

Answer 35

move or balance unsteadily; sway back and forth.

Question 36

to lurch

Answer 36

to move in a way that is not regular or normal, especially making sudden movements backwards or forwards or from side to side:

Question 37

to pervade

Answer 37

When qualities, characteristics, or smells pervade a place or thing, they spread through it and are present in every part of it: The film movie is a reflection of the violence that pervades our culture.

Question 38

to plonk

Answer 38

set down heavily or carelessly.

Question 39

gloppy

Answer 39

a thick semiliquid substance (such as food) that is usually unattractive in appearance

Question 40

wad

Answer 40

a number of usually flat and/or small objects pressed tightly together: a wad of banknotes a wad of gum