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Most Dangerous Game
a short story's vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| damp and chilly; freezing | dank |
| friendly amusing | affable |
| comically strange | droll |
| boredom | ennui |
| shrank away and hid | cowered |
| touchable | palpable |
| lazy | indolent |
| not letting light get through | opaque |
| torn | lacerated |
| a courtesy | amenity |
| to excuse | condone |
| uneasiness about doing wrong | scruples |
| odd, fantastic | grotesque |
| sickly color | sallow |
| showing concern | solicitous |
| deserving respect | venerable |
| regrettable | deplorable |
| devoted to an interest | zealous |
| weird, mysterious | uncanny |
| calm | placid |