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Vocabulary
"The Most Dangerous Game" Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Anguish | Emotional pain, tourment |
| Anguish | The family felt _______ after their dog had passed away. |
| Bizzare | Odd, strange, weird |
| Bizzare | They glared at the _______ man, wondering why he was so strange. |
| Dank | Humid, damp, moist |
| Dank | The weather in Florida is very humid and ____. |
| Disarming | Using charm to remove suspicion |
| Disarming | The girl was _________ after her mother thought she had eaten all the cookies. |
| Discerned | Perceived, understood |
| Discerned | She acted as if she _________, but really she was confused. |
| Dread | Fear, foreboding, alarm |
| Dread | She felt _____ as she walked into her new scary school. |
| Extremity | Extreme limit or end |
| Extremity | Her mom was at her _________ after her several attempts to go to the party. |
| Indolently | Lazily |
| Indolently | She __________ walked into the classroom because she only got 4 hours of sleep. |
| Lacerated | Cut up, torn |
| Lacerated | She _________ her finger whilst cutting up her dinner. |
| Menacing | Threatening |
| Menacing | The villain gave a ________ grin while he threatened the kids. |
| Mirage | Illusion |
| Mirage | He saw a ______ in the desert, but he didn't realize his eyes were playing tricks on him. |
| Opaqueness | Darkness, unclear, not transparent |
| Opaqueness | The __________ of the night was scaring her. |
| Quarry | Prey, that which is hunted |
| Quarry | The deer was the tiger's ______. He was in danger of being eaten. |
| Reports | Another term for gun shots |
| Reports | The loud _______ at the gun range scared me. |
| Staccato | Abrupt, short, clear sounds |
| Staccato | The music teacher told her students to ________ their voices. |