THE HUNGER GAMES
VOCABULARY
READING ASSIGNMENT 2
Part 1: Using Prior knowledge and Contextual Cues
Below are the sentences in which the vocabulary words appear in the text. Read the sentence.
Use any clues you can find in the sentence combined with your prior knowledge, and write
what you think the underlined word means on the line provided.
1. What really scares me is what they might do to my mother and Prim, how my family
might suffer now because of my impulsiveness.
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2. The number, which is between one and twelve, one being irredeemably bad and twelve
being unattainably high, signifies the promise of the tribute.
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3. I shoveled about halfway through the mound when I realized no one’s talking.
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4. That’s the first thing I feel, which is ludicrous.
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5. An elevated seating unit has been set up for prestigious guests, with the stylists
commanding the front row.
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6. Unrequited love they can relate to.
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7. Peeta actually is charming and then utterly winning as the boy in love.
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Part 2: Determining the Meaning. Match the vocabulary words to their dictionary
meaning.
_____ 1. Utterly
_____ 2. Unrequited
_____ 3. Prestigious
_____ 4. Ludicrous
_____ 5. Mound
_____ 6. Irredeemably
_____ 7. Impulsiveness
a. A heap or bank of earth
b. Commanding
c. Acting momentarily
d. Absolute; complete
e. Absurd; laughable
7. Not returned
8. Not able to make amends for; no payoff