"The Most Dangerous Game" Vocabulary

Something that adds to one's comfort or convenience.

• amenity

• inconvenience

• scruple

• quarry

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

To forgive or overlook.

• disarm

• condone

• distrust

• condemn

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Refined or cultured in a manner.

• tangible

• droll

• cultivated

• disarming

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Removing or overcoming suspicion; inspiring confidence.

• zealous

• tangible

• cultivated

• disarming

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Amusingly odd or comical.

• droll

• zealous

• tangible

• uncanny

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Absolutely necessary.

• scruple

• imperative

• zealous

• uncanny

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The object of a hunt; prey

• predator

• amenity

• quarry

• scruple

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A feeling of uneasiness that keeps a person from doing something.

• scruple

• quarry

• zealousness

• amenity

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In a manner expressing care of concern

• tangibly

• imperatively

• solicitously

• zealously

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

Capable of being touched or felt; having actual form and substance

• droll

• imperative

• uncanny

• tangible

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4