After the usual ______________ about the deteriorated state of my beauty, they get right down to business.

I'm cold and wet and winded, but my escape attempt has done nothing to subdue the ______________ rising up inside me.

Haymitch watches, his face _______________ of emotion, as friends step up to take the stage.

He tosses another sugar cube into his mouth and _____________ off.

Even Finnick who gives me an hour of _______________ lessons in exchange for an hour of archery instruction.

But for the moment, I feel something close to _______________ and I let myself savor it.

I'm still smoldering a little, so it's with a _________________ hand that Caesar reaches out to touch my headpiece.

Obviously his assault was staged to ______________ me, the same way Darius's presence in my quarters was. And it has ____________________ me.

In the few seconds it takes to _______________ them, I begin to blister.

To take into custody; arrest

Completely lacking; destitute or empty

An intense feeling of happiness or joy

Showy, exaggerated emotional behavior

A group of feelings and behaviors, such as anxiety and fainting that were once considered symptoms of a distinct psychiatric disorder.

To wake someone up

To walk at a leisurely pace; stroll

Not fully worked out, concluded, or agreed on

A long three-pronged fork or weapon, especially a spear

To confuse, upset, or derange