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Vocab Quiz-TMDG
The Most Dangerous Game Vocab words for week 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| palpable | Something that can be touched or felt |
| taint | stain or ruin |
| tangible | capable of being touched or felt; having actual form and substance |
| indolently | lazily |
| brier | a tobacco pipe |
| forbidding | harsh and threatening |
| lacerated | torn |
| flushed | forced out of hiding place |
| quarry | the object of a hunt;prey |
| mirage | an illusion or something that isn't really there |
| disarming | adj. removing or overcoming suspicion;inspiring confidence |
| menacing | threatening |
| platial chateau | placelike mountain |
| gargoyle | an ornamental figure in the shape of a bizarre, monstrous creature |
| astrakhan | a fur made from skins of young lambs |
| cossaks | the Cossacks of Russia were free fighting men known for their courage and skill with horses |
| cultivated | educated and cultured |
| Cossak | a member of a southern Russian people formerly known as cavalrymen |
| refectory table | a lond narrow table |
| a score | one score is twenty, two score is forty |
| cosmopolite | a sophisticated person who can handle any situation well |
| amentiy | n. something that add to one's comfort or convenience |
| affable | adj. friendly pleasant, and easy to talk to |
| Big Game | Hunting Big Game, or large animals, was a popular sport among wealthy people in the early twentieth century. THey traveled the world to hunt animals such as lions, elephants, and rhinoceroses |
| capital | means "great" or "first-rate" |
| society | means "company" |
| ardent | means "passionate" or "enthusiastic" |
| Crimea..Caucasus | regions in the southern part of the former Russian Empire, near the Balck Sea |
| debacle | a disastrous defeat; rout ( a reference to the 1917 Russian Revolution that overthrew the czar) |
| imprudent | showing poor judgement;unwise |
| Ganges | a river in northern India |
| Bewilderment | means "confusion" |
| grisly | horrible; ghastly |
| condone | to overlook, forgive, or disregard |
| droll | adj. amusingly odd or comical |
| scruple | n. an uneasy feeling arising from one's conscience or principles |
| Mongrel | mixed breed |
| Providence | a way of referring to God or to divine direction |
| A bark | a bark is a kind of boat |
| lascars | sailors for India |
| braggart | person who brags or boasts |
| knouter | person who whipped criminals in Russia |
| strike a tartar | encounter a fierce opponent |
| Folies Bergere | a music hall in Paris, famous for its variety shows |
| elude | v. to escape, especially by means of daring, cleverness or skill |
| faint REPORT of a pistol | in this case an explosive noise |
| solicitously | adj. expressing care or concern |
| hothouse grape | a grape grown in a heated greenhouse |
| hogshead | a very large barrel |
| woodcraft | skill in the woods or knowing about hunting and tracking in a forest setting |
| au revoior | goodbye, farewell, until we meet again |
| stamina | n. physical or moral strength; endurance |
| deplorable | adj. deeply regrettable; unfortunate |
| nerve | courage under pressure |
| imperative | adj. absolutely necessary |
| zealous | adj. intensely devoted and enthusiastic |
| apprehensive | fearful or uneasy |
| uncanny | adj. so remarkable as to seem supernatural |
| precariously | unstable and ready to fall over |
| protruding bough | a tree branch that extends or juts out |
| Malay...Malacca | The Malays are people of southeast Asia. Malacca is a region they inhabit, just south of Thailand |
| at bay | if something is at bay, it is held back, or prevented from advancing |
| Madama Butterfly | a famous opera |
| Marcus Aurelius | an ancient Roman emperor and philosopher |
| beast at bay | is a trapped animal thta will fight for his life |
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