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SAT Vocabulary from The Hunger Games

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tenuous
thin or slender in form, as a thread; unsubstantiated; weak.
repentance
deep sorrow, compunction, or contrition for a past sin, wrongdoing.
meager
deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate.
iridescent
a
displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow.
banal
devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite.
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Utopia
n
an ideal place or state.
anecdote
a short account of an incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
noxious
harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being.
despondency
depression of spirits from loss of courage or hope; dejection.
ominous
portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious.
ruse
n
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
sanctioned
n
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
cognate
related by birth; of the same parentage, descent, etc; descended from the same language or form.
harbinger
a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; anything that foreshadows a future event; omen; sign.
satire
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice or folly.

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