“The Most Dangerous Game” Vocabulary Words

1 The most Dangerous Game Vocabulary Words Survival Unit Sweiss, Literature Word: Use of Word in Sentence: Picture Clue: Definition/Part of Speech/Synonym: 1. Palpable When the Twin Towers collapsed, the sense of sadness was so great, it was palpable. X-rays indicated that it was a tumor, and a palpable one, too, one that doctors could easily operate on. Tom regaled the class with a story that was so palpable that we felt we were in the story ourselves! The friendship between George and Lennie in Of Mice and Men was so palpable that readers could easily relate to that friendship. Original Sentence: Definition: Part of Speech: Synonym: 2. Cannibal After being stranded on the island, the survivors resorted to cannibalism and ate the flesh of those who did not survive the plane crash.

2 Original Sentence: Definition: Part of Speech: Synonym: 3. Dread Some people dread speaking in front of large crowds, while others dread a mother s disapproving countenance after a parent phone call for bad behavior. The dread I feel when walking through an empty dark street is the reason I carry pepper spray on me! The dread of the old man in The Tell-Tale Heart was so palpable that he jumped in the night, shrieking who s there? Original Sentence: Definition: Part of Speech: Synonym: 4. Indolent It can take an indolent teenager hours to get out of bed on a weekend morning. Often it is noon before he finally comes shuffling down to breakfast in his pajamas.

3 Miss Sweiss likes for us to be studious, not indolent! Original Sentence: Definition: Part of Speech: Synonym: Word: Use of Word in Sentence: Picture Clue: Definition/Part of Speech/Synonym: 5. Recede Flood waters recede, as do glaciers, and even abstractions like "panic" and "hope." Think "receding hairline." (That means bald.) The Great Depression was a period of economic recession. The crowd was forced to recede by security because they were getting to close to the pop star. Original Sentence: Definition: Part of Speech: Synonym: 6. Doggedly If your dog ran away, you might doggedly pursue him across the park, down the road, and through the woods.

4 We doggedly ran that marathon! Original Sentence: Definition: Part of Speech: Synonym: 7. Anguish A trip to the dentist might cause a cavity-prone person a lot of anguish. The animals that belonged to the narrator in Poe s The Black Cat felt anguish when he came home intoxicated. The anguish I felt over the loss of my friend was immense. Original Sentence: Definition: Part of Speech: Synonym: 8. Opaque The heavy curtains are opaque; and therefore the room is always pitch black. Sometimes math becomes an opaque subject for me. Original Sentence: Definition: Part of Speech: Synonym: 9. Vigor If your new puppy runs all over the house, jumps on the furniture, and enthusiastically chews up your socks, you may congratulate yourself on your new pup's vigor.

5 My teacher teaches with such vigor that it is impossible to fall asleep in her class. Original Sentence: Definition: Part of Speech: Synonym: Word: Use of Word in Sentence: Picture Clue: Definition/Part of Speech/Synonym: 10. Flounder A flounder is a flat fish with both eyes on one side of its head; and, as a verb, to flounder is to wobble around like a fish out of water. I floundered on the MAP test because I got weary testing all day long. I floundered climbing up the mountain. If you flounder in the ocean, you need a surfer dude to help you out. Original Sentence: Definition: Part of Speech: Synonym: 11. Lacerate So the envelope that gave you that nasty paper cut?

6 It lacerated your finger. Watch out for sharp-tongued people hurling hateful Words your way; those snide remarks and personal digs can lacerate feelings like a knife slicing through butter. The sharp glass that shattered lacerated my toe. Original Sentence: Definition: Part of Speech: Synonym: 12. Quarry Both meanings of quarry have to do with going after something. An animal being hunted is called quarry, and when you dig a hole in the earth looking for rocks, both the digging and the hole are called quarry as well. After our hunt in the wilderness, we cooked the quarry that we hunted. Original Sentence: Definition: Part of Speech: Synonym: 13.

7 Chateau King Louis IVX lived in a most luxurious chateau. In The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar A. Poe, Prince Prospero lived in a chateau to escape the pestilence of the Red Death. Original Sentence: Definition: Part of Speech: Synonym: Word: Use of Word in Sentence: Picture Clue: Definition/Part of Speech/Synonym: 14. Mirage Next time you re traveling in the desert, make sure you carry plenty of water. That enticing pool of water you see far away in the distance may be a mirage. Even if you don t spend much time in the desert, you may have noticed this phenomenon when driving on the highway on a hot day. Under certain conditions you can see in the distance what appears to be a puddle of water across the road.

8 You ll never reach the puddle, however: it s just a mirage. Original Sentence: Definition: Part of Speech: Synonym: 15. Affable An affable host offers you something to drink and makes you feel at home. Teachers and doctors tend to be affable people, always smiling. If you re stuck on an airplane next to someone affable, the trip won t be so bad because that person will be easy to chat with but won t talk your ear off Original Sentence: Definition: Part of Speech: Synonym: 16. Ardent A pop star's ardent admirers might go so crazy at his concert that they faint from excitement. My teacher s ardent love for Edgar A. Poe is very apparent. All the ardent supporters of Lady Gaga are called Little Monsters.

9 Original Sentence: Definition: Part of Speech: Synonym: Word: Use of Word in Sentence: Picture Clue: Definition/Part of Speech/Synonym: 17. Bewilder The complicated math problem bewildered the student. I was bewildered when I heard the student talking to himself, but I guess the other students perceived that as normal. The twists and turns in the maze bewildered us. Original Sentence: Definition: Part of Speech: Synonym: 18. Attribute Your best attribute might be your willingness to help others, like when you stopped traffic so the duck family could cross the street. The attributes which she possesses include kindness and ambition.

10 I attributed your high test scores to your awesome teacher along with students willingness to do well He attributed his failing grade to the fact that he never completed his homework. Original Sentence: Definition: Part of Speech: Synonym: 19. Providence Religious people thank their god for his providence. The word provide is a good clue to this word's meaning: when a religious being is said to give people providence, he's taking care of them providing for them. For religious people, any good thing that happens to them like landing a new job, getting healthy, or finding money on the ground could be considered an example of providence. Original Sentence: Definition: Part of Speech: Synonym: Word: Use of Word in Sentence: Picture Clue: Definition/Part of Speech/Synonym: 20.