The Most Dangerous Game

Vocabulary Review

Dank(adj)

Dank

•disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold.

Examples

Palpable(adj)

Palpable

•Able to be touched or felt

Palpable things...

•Walls, bricks, people, food, little tiny rocks

Things that are not palpable...

•thoughts, ghosts, ideas

Indolent(ly)(adj)

Indolently•wanting to avoid action or

exertion; lazy

Indolently

Opaque(ness)(adj)

Opaque(ness)

•not able to be seen through; not transparent

Transparent v. Opaque

Lacerated(verb)

Lacerated

•to tear or cut deeply (especially skin)

A tool used for laceration

Amenity(noun)

Amenity

•a desirable or useful feature of a facility or place

Examples of Amenities

Affable(adj)

Affable

•friendly; good-natured; easy to talk to

Affable

Condone(verb)

Condone

to accept and allow behavior (that is morally wrong)

Condone

Droll(Adj.)

Droll

•curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement

Droll

Scruple (noun)

•a feeling of doubt over the morality of an action

Scruple

•Examples: second thoughts, doubts before doing something

Scruple

Grotesque(Noun/adj)

•very ugly or comically distorted

Grotesque

Grotesque

Sallow(noun/adj)

•unhealthy yellow color

Sallow

Sallow

Solicitous(adj.)

•characterized by showing an interest or concern

Solicitous

Solicitous

Ennui(noun)

•bored; feelings of disinterest

Ennui

Ennui

Venerable(adj)

•accorded a great deal of respect due to age or wisdom

Venerable

Venerable

Deplorable(adj)

•Causing or being a subject for strong condemnation

Deplorable

Deplorable

Zealous(adj)

•very enthusiastic over a cause or belief

Zealous

Zealous

Anyone willing to die for a cause

Uncanny(adj)

•strange or mysterious

Uncanny

Uncanny

Placid(adj)

•not easily upset or excited; calm

Placid

Placid

Irony?

Cower(ed)(Noun/Adj)

Cower(ed)•to crouch down in

fear

Cower(ed)

Vocabulary Quiz

•Monday, the 21st