Catching Fire Vocabulary 1

The price of any gift in the arena was _________, so few could afford it.

• besotted

• emaciated

• protocol

• exorbitant

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

I don't do well with ____ threats; I'd much rather know the score.

• ambiguous

• entourage

• poaching

• prophetic

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Can I quiet the _____ in the districts? Stop a rebellion?

• decrees

• clandestine

• discontent

• curt

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

I remove my _____ slippers, wet robe and pajamas.

• loathing

• sodden

• duplicitous

• resolve

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

drain away (from the soil, ash, or similar material) usually by water

• leached
• exorbitant
• decrees
• prophetic
• ambiguous

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

unreasonably high

• exorbitant
• leached
• decrees
• prophetic
• ambiguous

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

an official order issued by a legal authority

• decrees
• leached
• exorbitant
• prophetic
• ambiguous

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

predicting what will happen in the future

• prophetic
• leached
• exorbitant
• decrees
• ambiguous

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

unclear, inexact, or having a double meaning

• ambiguous
• leached
• exorbitant
• decrees
• prophetic

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

prevented or turned away

• averted
• leached
• exorbitant
• decrees
• prophetic

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4