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Most Dangerous Game
The Most Dangerous Game Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| (especially of a feeling or atmosphere) so intense as to be almost touched or felt | Palpable |
| something that adds to one’s comfort or convenience | Amenity |
| to forgive or overlook | Condone |
| (of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment | Naive |
| a feeling of uneasiness that keeps a person from doing something | Scruple |
| pointless | Futile |
| pick out, make out, or distinguish something | Discern |
| calming hostility | Disarming |
| passionate, characterized by intense emotion | Ardent |
| overcoming a task while exceeding expectations | Surmount |
| without change, in every situation | Invariably |
| in a manner expressing care or concern | Solicitously |
| a fiasco | Debacle |
| a grotesque carved human or animal face or figure projecting from the gutter of a building, typically acting as a spout to carry water clear of a wall | Gargoyle |
| intensely enthusiastic | Zealous |
| friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to | Affable |
| capable of being touched or felt | Tangible |
| the object of a hunt; prey | Quarry |
| slow, lazy | Indolent |
| lacking self-restraint when it would be wise to have it | Imprudent |