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VOCABULARY: “The Most Dangerous Game” ELA 9
WORD P.O.S
Definition Picture/Symbol Sentence
Indolently AD
V
Lazily; sluggishly
The cat paced indolently on the window
sill.
Refectory
NOUN
Room used for communal dinners;
dining hall for large group of
people
Harry Potter sat with the
rest of Gryffindor in the Hogwarts
refectory.
AffableADJ
Friendly; easy to talk to
The affable secretary
chatted with the patient
while he
waited.
Imprudent AD
J
thoughtless; careless; rash
His imprudent decision to
show up late without a
pass landed him
detention.
SolicitouADJ
Eager or anxious to do
The solicitous skydiver
s something jumped quickly out of
the plane.
PalpableADJ
Able to be touched or
felt (especially a
feeling or atmosphere)
The tension in the air was
palpable just before the
fight.
Disarming
ADJ
capable of removing
hostility or suspicion by
being charming
His disarming smile made it easy for him to talk his
way out of a speeding
ticket.
LeeringADJ
Staring unpleasantly
Her leering eyes were
met with fear from the
other end of the lunch
table.
DebacleN
OUN
A great disaster or fiasco; a complete
failure
After the debacle of his first novel, he had trouble getting a
publisher for his next book.
CunningADJ
Cleverly deceitful; sly
His cunning plan to forge pre-signed
passes worked on his
study hall teacher.
CondoneVERB
approve or allow
wrongful or offensive behavior
The principal does not condone bullying.
Venerable
ADJ
Deserving respect due to wisdom, age, and character
The venerable monk gave
wise advice to the young
man.