Printable SAT Vocabulary from The Hunger Games flash cards
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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 |
displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow. |
| banal |
devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite. |
| Utopia |
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 |
a trick, stratagem, or artifice. |
| sanctioned |
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. |
| 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 |
displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow. |
| banal |
devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite. |
| Utopia |
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 |
a trick, stratagem, or artifice. |
| sanctioned |
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. |
