“The Most Dangerous Game” Vocabulary

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Complete the last two columns for each word. Choose five words from 1-10 and five words from 11 – 20. On a separate sheet
of loose-leaf paper, write sentences following the standard vocabulary sentence format and rules.

# Word Sentence (Context) Your Definition or Synonym Official Definition/synonym

1. “Can’t see it,” remarked Rainsford, trying
palpable to peer through the dank tropical night
(adjective) that was palpable as it pressed its thick
warm blackness in upon the yacht.

2.
taint One superstitious sailor can taint the
(verb) whole ship's company with his fear.

3.
tangible “Sometimes I think evil is a tangible
(adjective) thing…”

4.
opaqueness Jagged crags appeared to jut up into the
(noun) opaqueness…

5.
lacerated “… the jungle weeds were crushed down
(verb) and the moss was lacerated…”

6.
quarry “I suppose the first three shots I heard
was when the hunter flushed his quarry
(noun) and wounded it.”

7.
disarming “Don’t be alarmed,” said Rainsford, with
(adjective) a smile which he hoped was disarming.

8.
cultivated In a cultivated voice marked by a slight
accent that gave it added precision and
(adjective) deliberateness…

9.
affable He was finding the general a most
thoughtful and affable host, a true
(adjective) cosmopolite.

10.
amenities “We do our best to preserve the
(noun) amenities of civilization here.”
11.
debacle "After the debacle in Russia I left the
country, for it was imprudent for an
(noun) officer of the Czar to stay there.”

12. “Surely your experiences in the war--"

condone
"Did not make me condone cold-blooded
(verb) murder," finished Rainsford stiffly.

13.
droll
“How extraordinarily droll you are!”
(adjective)

14.
scruples “But I think I can show you that your
(noun) scruples are quite ill founded.”

15. “Ah, indeed?” the general inquired,

solicitously
solicitously. “Well, I suppose that’s only
(adverb) natural, after your long swim.”

16.
imperative
His need for rest was imperative…
(adjective)

17.
zealous Even so zealous a hunter as General
(adjective) Zaroff could not trace him there…

18.
uncanny “…he could follow an extremely difficult
(adjective) trail; he must have uncanny powers…”

19.
placid That had been a placid pastime
(adjective) compared to his digging now.

20.
agility Even as he touched it, the general sensed
his danger and leaped back with the
(noun)
agility of an ape.