"The Most Dangerous Game" Vocabulary

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

• quarry

• droll

• tangible

• protruding

becoming more distant

• receding

• disarming

• cultivated

• surmounted

he object of a hunt; prey

• amenity

• quarry

• condone

• invariable

removing or overcoming suspicion; inspiring confidence

• zealous

• surmounted

• diverting

• disarming

refined or cultured in manner

• cultivated

• scruple

• uncanny

• imprudent

something that adds to one’s comfort or convenience

• tangible

• amenity

• scruple

• imperative

extended

• receded

• diverted

• droll

• prolonged

not smart or wise

• surmounted

• unruffled

• imprudent

• invariably

overcome

• surmounted

• disarmed

• condoned

• zealous

to forgive or overlook

• uncanny

• imprudent

• condone

• diverting