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  1. imprison
    lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
  2. pelt
    the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
  3. claustrophobic
    abnormally afraid of closed-in places
  4. trespassing
    gradually intrusive without right or permission
  5. meager
    deficient in amount or quality or extent
  6. scrawny
    being very thin
  7. uprising
    organized opposition to authority
  8. perimeter
    a line enclosing a plane area
  9. ration
    a fixed portion that is allotted
  10. victor
    a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
  11. televise
    broadcast via a system that transmits images over distance
  12. prey
    animal hunted or caught for food
  13. reap
    get or derive
  14. peacekeeper
    someone who maintains tranquility
  15. competitor
    the contestant you hope to defeat
  16. incite
    provoke or stir up
  17. defeat
    an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
  18. camera
    equipment for taking photographs
  19. skin and bones
    a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
  20. arena
    a large structure for sports or entertainments
  21. entertainment
    an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
  22. forage
    collect or look around for, as food
  23. nation
    a politically organized body of people under a government
  24. sustenance
    the act of providing a means of subsistence or survival
  25. predator
    any animal that lives by preying on other animals
Created on Thu Dec 06 11:45:52 EST 2012 (updated Wed Apr 22 12:14:08 EDT 2015)

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