- Ruinous- disastrous EX: Panem is a futuristic and ruinous land.
- Quaver- tremble with emotion or nervousness EX: When Teresa entered The Glade and couldn't remember anything, she couldn't stop quavering.
- Certitude- absolute certainty EX: The sorting hat placed Harry in the Gryffindor house with certitude.
- Notch- an indention EX: One could call Harry Potter's scar a notch on his forehead.
- Perspire- sweat EX: It seemed as though Thomas would never stop perspiring in the Maze.
- Manifest- Clear or obvious EX: Lord Voldemort had a manifest evil mind.
- Latrine- toilet in camps EX: The Glade had only latrines.
- Uttered- make a sound with one's voice. EX: Gally uttered a cry of disapproval when the griever got him.
- Parry- Ward off (with attack) EX: The Gladers parried grievers with various homemade weapons.
- Oracle- a priest acting medium to give advice or prophecy EX: Harry's patronum acted as an oracle when Harry needed it most.
- Conscious- aware EX: Tris made a conscious decision to join Dauntless.
- Feign- Pretend to be affected, fake EX: WICKED was just a huge group of feigns.
- Leisure- free time EX: The people of District 12 never has much leisure time.
- Conjure- produce something EX: Conjuring up a spell isn;t as easy as it sounds.
- Anesthetized- Induce a loss or consiousness EX: WICKED has a history of anesthetizing Thomas during the trials.
- Tyranny- cruel government EX: The Capital was a tyranny in the districts eyes.
- Folly- foolishness EX: Eatiing the poisonous berries on T,V, in front of Panem was seen as a great folly to President Snow.
- Dreary- sad EX: Cedric Diggery died a dreary in the Goblet of Fire.
- Grotesque- disgusting EX: Edward saw Jacob as a grotesque werewolf.
- Reckoning- calculating something EX: WICKED is not, by any reckoning, good.
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Vocabulary: Fall List 8
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