Bloodbath: The term given to the initial battle for supplies at the start of every Games. It was coined in the 2nd when President Emerald Sevine informally referred to it as such in a conversation with Head Gamemaker Josephine White, and the name stuck.

Career: A trained tribute, typically from a Career District.

Career District: A District that usually produces a Career volunteer for the Games, normally thought of as Districts 1, 2 and 4.

Escort: The Capitolite assigned to the Reaping for a district. They control the schedule of the tributes until Launch.

Gamemakers: The group of people who have control over the Arena. They are tasked with making the Games bloody and entertaining to watch.

Head Gamemaker: A person who controls the Gamemakers. He or she takes full responsibility and credit for whatever happens in the Arena.

Head Stylist: The stylist who is in charge of creating costumes for their assigned tribute.

Hunger Games: The annual event in which a male and a female tribute is reaped from each of the twelve districts of Panem to compete in a battle to the death.

Mentor: A selected Victor from each district, one male and one female, who advises the tribute and helps them to plan their strategy. Mentors control sponsor gifts to the tributes.

Mutts: Specially-designed creations of the Capitol made to entertain.

Quarter Quell: A special Games that occurs every 25 years. At the creation of the Games, a box was filled with slips of yellow paper, to be read every 25 years. These held the twists for the Quarter Quells. Quell Games have a change made to some aspect by the twist read from the box.

Reapings: The selection process of a male and female tribute to represent a district.

Stylist: The small group of Capitolites assigned to a tribute's preparation for the parade and interviews.

Tesserae: A small supply of oil and grain, given by the Capitol, collected at the Justice Building every month. It can be taken by any children eligible at a Reaping and is exchanged for extra slips of paper in the Reaping bowl.

Tribute: A competitor in the Games who is Reaped or volunteers in place of the tribute who is Reaped. Tributes age between 12 and 18, with the exceptions of select Quarter Quells.

Victor: The last tribute standing in a Games, who is then declared a Victor and given privileges to the Victor's Village in their district.

Volunteering: When prompted by the escort, other eligible children may decide to volunteer in place of the Reaped tribute.