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Vocabulary
"The Most Dangerous Game" Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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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. |