Hunger Games chapters 1-5 vocabulary

The joker laughed ________ right before he blew up the building.

• loudly

• terse

• maniacally

• softly

District 12 showed its ______ against the Capitol when they refused to clap for Katniss when she volunteered as tribute.

• dissent

• verve

• paunchiness

• affectations

The _______ of speech of the Capitol's inhabitants is high-pitched and very unusual.

• defiance

• ominous

• maniacal

• affectations

The Capitol uses short _____ communication with the districts not wishing to have long conversations.

• terse

• taunting

• defiant

• ominous

No matter how you really feel about Effie Trinket, her _____ actually helps Katniss feel a little better in her new surroundings.

• taunting

• verve

• paunchy

• insurmountable

Haymitch's ______ of Katniss and Peeta causes them to get angry; Peeta shatters a glass, and Katniss slams a knife between his fingers.

• taunting

• dissent

• defiance

• ominous

Some of the essays Ms. Preston assigns us seem _____________. However, if we work on them a little at a time, we can complete them in a satisfactory way.

• verve

• affectations

• insurmountable

• maniacally

Katniss demonstrates her _______ when she eats with her fingers and wipes them on the table. She didn't like it when Effie Trinket said the last District 12 tributes acted barbaric.

• taunting

• tenuous

• terse

• defiance

His grip on the slippery railing was ______ at best.

• tenuous

• paunchy

• ominous

• verve

The tone of The Hunger Games can best be described as ________.

• hopeful

• ominous

• cheerful

• humorous