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1. The Hunger Games Vocabulary Part 1

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2. Ferocity Definition: Part of Speech: Antonym: The lion showed his ferocity by growling and exposing his sharp and deadly teeth.
3. Oblivious Definition: Part of Speech: Antonym: I was oblivious to the fact that my students were wearing their clothes inside out for April Fools Day.
4. Mediocre Definition: Part of Speech: Antonym: I like going to Applebee’s, even though there food is mediocre, because I only like getting one thing, their chocolate lava cake.
5. Adversaries Definition: Part of Speech: Antonym: There are many adversaries of George Zimmerman because he killed a young and unarmed boy.
6. Insurmountable Definition: Part of Speech: Antonym: The Hunger Games would be an insurmountable challenge for a young girl like Prim.
7. Demeanor Definition: Part of Speech: Antonym: I could see by the new teacher’s demeanor that she meant business.
8. Synonymous Definition: Part of Speech: Antonym: A poem is synonymous to a song, except that a poem is spoken and a song is sung.
9. Sustenance Definition: Part of Speech: Antonym: You need sustenance to survive, therefore it is important to have food collection skills to survive in the hunger games.
10. Meager Definition: Part of Speech: Antonym: During the Hunger Games the participants are given very meager supplies and need to fight for their survival.
11. Apothecary Definition: Part of Speech: Antonym: There was no doctor so I went to apothecary to receive some natural medicine.
12. Bonus Words Cornucopia-At Thanksgiving we put out a cornucopia filled with fruits. Decrepit-In this town there were many decrepit and rundown houses. Anti-Climatic-The movie was very anti-climatic so we left. Treason-It was an act of treason for Katniss and Gale to hunt in district 12. Tenuous- The mother and daughter had a tenuous relationship and often fought.