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The Most Dangerous Game: Vocabulary

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He was able to hunt down his ____________ by moving slowly, quietly and deliberately through the jungle.

a)

amenity

b)

quarry

c)

droll

d)

qualm

2.

General Zaroff had a(n) _______________ ability to track down his prey that surprised even Rainsford, an expert hunter.

a)

palpable

b)

quarry

c)

uncanny

d)

condone

3.

Ivan was not a _____________ man by any stretch of the imagination; everything he did was entirely without emotion.

a)

zealous

b)

serious

c)

droll

d)

imperative

4.

Some people really like _______________ gifts, something they can unwrap and marvel at, while others prefer quality time or a simple phone call.

a)

droll

b)

intelligible

c)

significant

d)

tangible

5.

I knew that the kid was a pickpocket, but he had such a(n) _________________ smile that I let my guard down and he managed to snatch my wallet anyways!

a)

indelible

b)

amenity

c)

inquisitive

d)

disarming

6.

It is ________________ that you get this essay turned in on time; otherwise you'll end up failing for the quarter!

a)

sympathetic

b)

imperative

c)

condonable

d)

disarming

7.

The nurse cared for her patients ___________________, making sure that even the most preposterous and over-the-top requests were taken care of.

a)

carelessly

b)

imperitavely

c)

solicitously

d)

amenity

8.

Rainsford has his _____________ about knocking on the mansion door, but he was tired, hungry and out of options.

a)

scruples

b)

condolences

c)

quarrys

d)

drolls

9.

Even a man as _______________ as General Zaroff can develop barbaric tendencies given the right circumstances.

a)

impressionable

b)

implacable

c)

cultivated

d)

compensated

10.

The student was _____________, with a dry, interesting sense of humor that amused her classmates, but not the English teacher trying to get through the lesson.

a)

cultivated

b)

naive

c)

amenity

d)

droll

11.

Money can buy a lot of things, every ______________ you could think of, but it can never buy you true happiness.

a)

quarry

b)

amenity

c)

scruple

d)

pestilence

12.

Mr. Q is usually a pretty laid back teacher, but he will absolutely not ________________ bullying in the classroom.

a)

imply

b)

implicate

c)

disarm

d)

condone