Unit 5: Novel Study: The Hunger Games, Chapters 17–27

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  1. subside
    wear off or die down
  2. intersperse
    place between or among
  3. despondency
    feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
  4. unprecedented
    novel; having no earlier occurrence
  5. scrupulously
    with careful attention and effort to do something correctly
  6. levity
    feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
  7. alleviate
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  8. exasperation
    a feeling of annoyance
  9. intervene
    get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action
  10. arduous
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  11. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  12. exorbitant
    greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
  13. surreal
    characterized by fantastic and incongruous imagery
  14. extricate
    release from entanglement or difficulty
  15. respite
    a relief from harm or discomfort
  16. relentless
    never-ceasing
  17. emaciated
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
  18. deplete
    use up, as resources or materials
  19. callous
    emotionally hardened
  20. engulf
    flow over or cover completely
  21. mangle
    destroy or injure severely
  22. feral
    wild and menacing
  23. benign
    kind in disposition or manner
  24. ornate
    marked by complexity and richness of detail
  25. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
Created on Tue Nov 10 14:09:36 EST 2020 (updated Fri Nov 13 15:24:44 EST 2020)

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