1. Hunger Games Vocabulary
Set One

2. utopia

3. an imagined place in which everything is perfect
Such a beautiful utopia will make reality seem disappointing.

4. dystopia

5. an imagined place in which everything is unpleasant or bad
Panem is the ultimate dystopia.

6. entrails

7. a person or animal’s intestines or internal organs
Sometimes when I clean a kill, I feed Buttercup the entrails. (p.4)

8. reaping

9. 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.

10. apothecary

11. a person who prepares and sells medicines and drugs
a person who prepares and sells medicines and drugs. (pharmacist or healer)
Since almost no one can afford doctors, apothecaries are our healers.
(p. 8)

12. iridescent

13. 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. (p.9)

14. paraffin

15. 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. (p.11)

16. tesserae

17. 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. (p.13)

18. meager

19. lacking in quantity or quality
Each tessera is worth a meager year’s supply of grain and oil for one person. (p.13)

20. racketeers

21. a person who engages in dishonest and fraudulent business dealings
Most refuse dealing with the racketeers but carefully, carefully. (p.17)

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