Role: Vocabulary Enricher
Story Title(s):__The Hunger Games____________________________ Date: 23.3.12
• List five words whose meanings are unclear or confusing
• Write the sentence from the book which contains each word
• Look up the dictionary definition for each word
Read the word and the sentence and see if the other group members know the definition before you tell them.
| Word | Sentence | Definition |
| 1.primrose | Mother had just placed the primroses in the vase of flowers | A common European flower that is of a pale yellow colour that blooms in spring |
| 2.mouser | The mouser had just caught two mice | An animal that catches mice, esp a cat |
| 3.lynx | Bob and John fled when they saw an angry lynx | A wild cat with yellowish brown fur can be commonly found in North America and Eurasia |
| 4.verve | Maria sings with much grace and verve | vigor and spirit or enthusiasm |
| 5.tesserae | He gave a tesserae in exchange for the meat | A small block of glass, stone etc used in the construction of a mosaic tile. (Ancient Greece/Rome) A token made of wood or bone tablet |
