Set One

HUNGER GAMESVOCABULARY

UTOPIA

AN IMAGINED PLACE IN WHICH EVERYTHING IS PERFECT

Such a beautiful utopia will make reality seem disappointing.

DYSTOPIA

AN IMAGINED PLACE IN WHICH EVERYTHING IS UNPLEASANT OR BAD

Panem is the ultimate dystopia.

ENTRAILS

A PERSON OR ANIMAL’S INTESTINES OR INTERNAL ORGANS

Sometimes when I clean a kill, I feed Buttercup the entrails.

REAPING

CUT OR GATHER (A CROP OR HARVEST) RECEIVE (A REWARD OR BENEFIT) AS A CONSEQUENCE OF ONE’S OWN OR OTHER PEOPLE’S ACTIONS

Thousands are sowing and reaping in order to have enough food for their families.

APOTHECARY

A PERSON WHO PREPARES AND SELLS MEDICINES AND DRUGS. (PHARMACIST OR HEALER)

Since almost no one can afford doctors, apothecaries are our healers.

IRIDESCENT

SHOWING LUMINOUS COLORS THAT SEEM TO CHANGE WHEN SEEN FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES

From this place, we are invisible but have a clear view of the valley, which is teeming with summer life, greens to gather, roots to dig, fish iridescent in the sunlight.

PARAFFIN

A FLAMMABLE, WHITISH, TRANSLUCENT, WAXY SOLID USED IN CANDLES, COSMETICS, POLISHES, AND SEALING AND WATERPROOFING.

Greasy Sae, the bony old woman who sells bowls of hot soup from a large kettle, takes half the greens off our hands in exchange for a couple of chunks of paraffin.

TESSERAE

A “TOKEN” FROM THE CAPITOL – A YEAR’S WORTH OF GRAIN AND OIL FOR ONE PERSON.

You can opt to add your name more times in exchange for tesserae.

MEAGER

LACKING IN QUANTITY OR QUALITY

Each tessera is worth a meager year’s supply of grain and oil for one person.

RACKETEERS

A PERSON WHO ENGAGES IN DISHONEST AND FRAUDULENT BUSINESS DEALINGS

Most refuse dealing with the racketeers but carefully, carefully.

SUSTENANCE

SUSTENANCE• Food and drink regarded as a

source of strength; nourishment

• On an expedition to Mt. Everest, climbers require sustenance to survive the harsh conditions.

TRIBUTE

TRIBUTE• A. the two teens chosen in each district to participate in

the Hunger Games, as an act of repentance for rebelling against the Capitol

• Ex. A female tribute and a male tribute were chosen in each district to compete against other players in the competition.

• B. Historical: payment made periodically by one state or ruler to another as a sign of dependence.

• Ex. The ruler in control of the area received a tribute of a trunk of gold coins from the neighboring ruler.

REPENTANCE

REPENTANCE• Feel or express sincere regret or remorse about

one’s wrongdoing or sin

• Payment for your sins or wrongdoing

Ex. In The Hunger Games, districts are made to give up two young people to participate in a competition to the death to show repentance for their previous rebellion against the Capitol.

Ex. The boy showed repentance for forgetting to feed the dog by promising to give the dog extra food at every meal and taking it for extra walks.

TREASON

TREASON• The crime of betraying one’s country,

esp. by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government

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