Hunger Games/Vocabulary

to go beyond usual or accepted limits

• encroach

• obliterate

• odds

• sustenance

to remove from knowledge or existence; to destroy completely

• tesserae

• encroach

• obliterate

• sustenance

the likelihood that something will or will not happen

• obliterate

• sustenance

• odds

• encroach

food or drink, nourishment; something that provides support, maintenance or strength

• odds

• tesserae

• sustenance

• encroach

small wood, bone, or stone tablets used as vouchers or tokens that can be offered in exchange for being entered into a drawing to participate in the Hunger Games

• tesserae

• sustenance

• odds

• obliterate

In the ancient world, people used _______ as money..

• tesserae

• odds

The _____ of being struck by lightning are 1 in 500,000.

• obliterate

• odds

The ______ army surrounded the city.

• encroaching

• sustenance

The poor family ate soup and bread for ______.

• obliterate

• sustenance

The tanks _____ the city in matter of days.

• obliterated

• tessereae