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Most Dangerous Game
Most Dangerous Game Vocab Set 1 (Honors)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| fearful expectation or anticipation | dread |
| unpleasantly cool and humid | dank |
| capable of being perceived | palpable |
| a person who eats human flesh | cannibal |
| perceptible by the senses, especially the sense of touch | tangible |
| deaden a sound or noise | muffle |
| be a mystery or bewildering to | mystify |
| pull back or move away or backward | recede |
| with obstinate determination | doggedly |
| the greatest or utmost degree | extremity |
| an energetic style | vitality |
| having a sharply uneven surface or outline | jagged |
| having high compaction or concentration | dense |
| a state of danger involving risk | peril |
| walk with great difficulty | flounder |
| cut or tear irregularly | lacerate |
| unpleasantly cold and damp | bleak |
| relating to a large and stately mansion | palatial |
| an impressive country house or castle in France | chateau |
| a high steep bank | bluff |
| threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | menacing |
| developed by human care and for human use | cultivated |
| member of nobility | aristocrat |
| relating to or belonging to the middle ages | medieval |
| relating to a system where vassals are protected by lords | |
| a communal dining-hall, usually in a monastery | refectory |
| formality and propriety of manner | modesty |
| characterized by intense emotion | ardent |
| troops trained to fight on horseback | cavalry |