Red Queen: Chapters 1–6

by Victoria Aveyard
In Mare's world, people are divided by the color of their blood. When red-blooded Mare displays magical abilities belonging to those outside her caste, she is welcomed into the circles of the silver-blooded elites — but where do her loyalties truly lie?

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  1. mandatory
    required by rule
    First Friday attendance is mandatory, unless you are, like my sister, an “essential laborer.”
  2. dissent
    the act of protesting
    My brother Shade says it’s because arena cities enjoyed a marked reduction in Red crime, dissent, even the few acts of rebellion.
  3. renown
    the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
    He’s probably the second son of a second son, trying to win renown in the arena.
  4. menial
    relating to unskilled work, especially domestic work
    She’ll provide for our parents and give me and my brothers menial jobs to get us out of the war.
  5. shrapnel
    shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight
    Took a bit of shrapnel retreating from the Choke, but he recovered nicely.
  6. conscription
    compulsory military service
    “I’m doomed for conscription same as you, but they’re not going to get me either. So we run.”
  7. accumulate
    collect or gather
    Less than two days to accumulate more money than I have stolen in my entire life.
  8. unassuming
    not arrogant
    No wonder she fits in so well with the Silvers. She’s everything they like in a Red: quiet, content, and unassuming.
  9. invincible
    incapable of being overcome or subdued
    The Silvers are not invincible. They have enemies, enemies who can hurt them, and for once, they aren’t hiding behind a Red shield.
  10. assailant
    someone who attacks
    He pleads with his Silver assailant, begging. “Please, I don’t know, I don’t know who...those people are!”
  11. stagnant
    not growing or changing; without force or vitality
    We did not evolve like them, with powers and strengths beyond our limited imaginations. We stayed the same, stagnant in our own bodies. The world changed around us and we stayed the same.
  12. summons
    an order to appear in person at a given place and time
    To refuse Security, to refuse a royal summons, would mean death — and not just for me.
  13. foreboding
    a feeling of evil to come
    Yet the not-arena fills me with a dreadful feeling of foreboding.
  14. prerogative
    a right reserved exclusively by a person or group
    We Reds insult the king and the nobles if we can get away with it, but I think that’s our prerogative.
  15. impede
    be a hindrance or obstacle to
    Today we honor tradition, and no Red devil will impede that.
Created on Sun Mar 06 15:56:49 EST 2016 (updated Mon Aug 04 11:42:08 EDT 2025)

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