The hunger games I. Wander

"Cato isn't one to wait for his prey to wander by"

Prey:

An animal that is hunted and killed by another for food.
A person who is easily deceived or harmed. 

Wander:

Walk or move in a leisurely (unhurried or relaxed) or aimless way.

The hunger games I. Chew, sawdust

"Here, chew these"

Chew:

Bite and work food in the mouth with the teeht, especially to make it easier to swallow.


"You can still see small pieces of sawdust, smell fresh paint"

Sawdust:

Powdery particles of wood produced by sawing.

Sawing:

Ghost Stories - Hunch - Henpecked - Termagant

The muscles of his back and shoulders seemed to be hunched in a continual nervous contraction, as if he were expecting every moment to find himself in the clutch of an enemy.



Hunch: It has two main meanings: 
1. To bend, for example, the shoulders.

2. A strong intuitive feeling concerning especially a future event or result, something you think is going to happen, with no concrete arguments.


An unbearably henpecked husband

Henpeck: To dominate or harass (one's husband) with persistent complaining. It refers specfically to the wife that dominates and torments his husband.

A more formidable persecutor than a termagant wife

Termagant: It is synonym of tormenting or annoying, a henpecked husband has a termagant wife.

Ghost stories - Bishropic / Verger

It was the site of a Bishopric until the revolution...


Bishopric: It refers to a geographical area, which is affected or ruled by a bishop. A bishop is "an official in some Christian religions who is ranked higher than a priest and who is usually in charge of church matters in a specific geographical area". A bishop is also a piece in a chess game. 
The verger or sacristan was sent...

  

Verger: a church official who acts as caretaker and attendant, looking after the interior of a church and often the vestments and church furnishings

Ghost Stories - Decayed / Spurs

...is a decayed town on the spurs of the Pyrenees...

Decay: to decrease usually gradually in size, quantity, activity, or force (from Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

Spurs: The most used definition refers to an accesory used for riding horses:

However, this definition suit better the context of the phrase: a mass of sharp rock on the side of a mountain