1. The Most Dangerous Game Vocabulary Review

2. Dank (adj)

3. Dank disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold.

4. Examples

5. Palpable (adj)

6. Palpable Able to be touched or felt

7. Palpable things... Walls, bricks, people, food, little tiny rocks

8. Things that are not palpable... thoughts, ghosts, ideas

9. Indolent(ly) (adj)

10. Indolently wanting to avoid action or exertion; lazy

11. Indolently

12. Opaque(ness) (adj)

13. Opaque(ness) not able to be seen through; not transparent

14. Transparent v. Opaque

15. Lacerated (verb)

16. Lacerated to tear or cut deeply (especially skin)

17. A tool used for laceration

18. Amenity (noun)

19. Amenity a desirable or useful feature of a facility or place

20. Examples of Amenities

21. Affable (adj)

22. Affable friendly; good-natured; easy to talk to

23. Affable

24. Condone (verb)

25. Condone to accept and allow behavior (that is morally wrong)

26. Condone

27. Droll (Adj.)

28. Droll curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement

29. Droll

30. Scruple (noun)

31. a feeling of doubt over the morality of an action Scruple

32. Examples: second thoughts, doubts before doing something Scruple

33. Grotesque (Noun/adj)

34. very ugly or comically distorted Grotesque

36. Sallow (noun/adj)

37. unhealthy yellow color Sallow

39. Solicitous (adj.)

40. characterized by showing an interest or concern Solicitous

42. Ennui (noun)

43. bored; feelings of disinterest Ennui

45. Venerable (adj)

46. accorded a great deal of respect due to age or wisdom Venerable

48. Deplorable (adj)

49. Causing or being a subject for strong condemnation Deplorable

51. Zealous (adj)

52. very enthusiastic over a cause or belief Zealous

53. Anyone willing to die for a cause

54. Uncanny (adj)

55. strange or mysterious Uncanny

57. Placid (adj)

58. not easily upset or excited; calm Placid

59. Irony?

60. Cower(ed) (Noun/Adj)

61. Cower(ed) to crouch down in fear

62. Cower(ed)

63. Vocabulary Quiz Monday, the 21 st