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"...Game" Vocab
Vocab from "The Most Dangerous Game", 7th grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anguish | Emotional Pain, torment |
| Bizarre | Odd, strange, weird |
| Dank | Humid, damp, moist |
| Disarming | Using charm to remove suspision |
| Discerned | Perceived, understood |
| Dread | Fear, forbidding, alarm |
| Extremity | Extreme limit or end |
| Indolently | Lazily |
| Lacerated | Cut up, torn |
| Menacing | Threatening |
| Mirage | Illusion |
| Opaqueness | Darkness, unclear, not transparent |
| Quarry | Prey, that which is hunted |
| Reports | Another term for gun shots |
| Staccato | Abrupt, short, clear sounds |
| Her mouth stretched open in______after she heard that her dog had been hit by a car. | Anguish |
| The three-eyed elephant with purple spots was odd and______. | Bizarre |
| The old, earthen basement was______and dark and smelled of mildew. | Dank |
| She was_______him of all suspicion with her charming smile. | Disarming |
| I finally______my sister's chicken scratches she called handwriting. I didn't know how she understood it herself. | Discerned |
| A feeling of_____ and alarm engulfed me as the criminals realized that they were not the only ones in the house. | Dread |
| There is no______to space. There will never be an end to the vast darkness. | Extremity |
| I ______got out of bed, still yawning as I shuffled to the bathroom. | Indolently |
| The man struck and______his opponents leg. It was gruesome to see the skin tear under the sword. | Lacerated |
| The man in the cloak had a threatening gleam in his eyes and a_______smile. | Menacing |
| The day was so hot, I was seeing______like air conditioners and pools on the lawn. Too bad it was all an illusion. | Mirage |
| The_______of the window prevented me from gazing through. | Opaqueness |
| I gave thanks for my______after hunting. | Quarry |
| I heard______from the policemen's guns as I ran deeper into the woods. | Reports |
| My music teacher told me to play three______notes. I could not master the abrupt, clear sounds, though. | Staccato |