The Most Dangerous Game Part 1 Vocab

pull back or move away or backward

• erode

• impulse

• recede

• dampen

an instinctive motive

• impulse

• pulsate

• imprudent

• impel

free from emotional agitation or nervous tension

• disarming

• unruffled

• invariably

• imprudent

get on top of; deal with successfully

• gradual

• divert

• surmount

• unruffled

extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary

• prolong

• bulging

• protruding

• profoundly

without change, in every case

• absolutely

• uniformly

• unavoidably

• invariably

not sensible, responsible, or wise

• unruffled

• imprudent

• protruding

• insolent

act of reducing or depriving of weapons

• disarming

• diverting

• imprudent

• protruding

turn aside; turn away from

• defeat

• disrupt

• tumult

• divert

lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer

• proceed

• prolong

• propel

• shorten