Survival in the Seam
To search for food or provisions; Katniss and Gale do this in the woods.
Answer: What is Forage?
Overly decorated, fancy, or showy; often used to describe Effie’s style.
Answer: What is Flamboyant?
A person who is forced to pay a "tax" or a price, specifically the 24 children chosen for the games.
Answer: What is a Tribute?
To swallow greedily or eat quickly; usually how the District 12 tributes eat on the train.
Answer: What is Devour?
Likely to happen soon; usually used to describe a threat or danger.
Answer: What is Imminent?
This word describes someone who is extremely thin and bony from hunger or torture.
Answer: What is Gaunt?
To stay in a place longer than necessary; Katniss does this at the window before leaving.
Answer: What is Linger?
Cruel and oppressive government or rule; the type of government Panem has.
Answer: What is Tyranny?
To treat someone with a lack of respect or to look down on them.
Answer: What is Disdain?
Not revealing one's thoughts or feelings; Katniss tries to keep her face this way for the cameras.
Answer: What is Indifferent (or Stoic)?
A person who makes or sells medicines and drugs (like Katniss’s mother).
Answer: What is an Apothecary?
Something that is considered a "delicacy" or a rare, expensive treat.
Answer: What is Delectable?
To hide or disguise one’s appearance; Peeta’s specialty.
Answer: What is Camouflage?
To agree or give in to a demand after a long period of refusing.
Answer: What is Relent?
Meaningless or shallow; Effie's complaints about the tributes' manners often seem this way.
Answer: What is Inane?
To trade goods or services without using money.
Answer: What is Barter?
A person who is sent on a mission to represent a group (like Effie Trinket).
Answer: What is an Escort (or Emissary)?
To be pushed or driven forward; how Katniss feels by the momentum of the Games.
Answer: What is Propelled?
To move in a sneaky or quiet way to avoid being noticed.
Answer: What is Stealthy?
Having a sharp or strong taste or smell; often used to describe the Capitol's food or perfumes.
Answer: What is Pungent?
A small tablet or token given to the poor in exchange for adding their name to the reaping more times.
Answer: What is Tessera (plural: Tesserae)?
Not able to be comforted; how Prim feels after the reaping.
Answer: What is Inconsolable?
Deliberately avoiding someone or something; the tributes do this to their competition in the dining hall.
Answer: What is Shunning?
To make up for a mistake or a loss; Katniss feels she can never do this for Peeta's bread.
Answer: What is Recompense (or Atone)?
Brave and persistent; a word used to describe Katniss’s spirit.
Answer: What is Indomitable?