The Most Dangerous Game Vocabulary Review. Dank (adj)
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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