WorksheetsThe Most Dangerous Game -Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Identify the word for the following definition:
Amount of punishment or other unpleasant experience undergone at one time.
boast
dose
blot
utter
Find the synonym for the underlined work in this sentence:
All he knew was that utter weariness was upon him.
total
speak
unqualified
sell
Find a synonym for lacerated:
rough
patchy
flattened
Fill in the blank with the missing word.
If my ________ eludes me for three whole days, he wins the game.
report
partner
quarry
doppelgänger
Find the antonym for the word palatial:
opulent
lavish
modest
grandiose
Aristocrats are:
Competitors in high-stakes carriage races while wearing powdered wigs and sipping tea.
Known for its superior attitude, luxurious fur, and a tendency to demand only the finest tuna.
Specialists in rating the crunchiness of pretzels and elegance of cheese puffs on a scale of 1 to "simply exquisite."
Members of a nobility and may hold political, economic, or cultural influence within their society.
Fill in the blank with the missing word.
There was a medieval magnificence about it; it suggested a baronial hall of ________ times.
feudal
chivalric
antiquated
aristocratic
Define refectory;
A weapons armory: A place where monks store swords and shields for their nightly crusades.
A recreational dance floor: A lively area where monks perfect their waltz and disco moves instead of eating.
A dining hall: especially in a religious institution like a monastery, convent, or seminary, where communal meals are taken.
A solitary meditation chamber: A quiet, isolated space where meals and noise are strictly forbidden.
Twoscore means:
two
twenty
thirty
forty
A synonym for vigour:
Vitality
Lethargy
Weakness
Energy
A word that means; animal like:
sloop
quarry
brute
mongrel
Fill in the blank with the missing word.
He was a very rich man with a quarter of a million acres in the Crimea, and he was an _______ sportsman.
passionate
ardent
enthusiastic
avid
Fill in the blank with the missing word.
After the debacle in Russia I left the country, for it was _______ for an officer of the Czar to stay there.
imprudent
risky
important
foolish
An alternative word for a ship.
hull
keel
boom
bark
Identify the definition for the underlined word as used in this sentence:
I refuse to believe that so modern and civilized a young man as you seem to be harbours
romantic ideas about the value of human life.
A place of safety and comfort; a refuge
To hold a thought or feeling persistently in the mind, such as harboring a grudge
To contain or be the host of something, such as a surface that harbors bacteria
A sheltered part of a body of water deep enough to provide anchorage for ships
An antonym for venerable:
disreputable
respected
revered
honoured
A _______ is a type of sailboat with a single mast and a fore-and-aft rig, typically having one mainsail and one jib.
frindle
sloop
zibble
blorp
The best word to replace deplorable in this sentence
"The deplorable part of it was that Lazarus followed him."
admirable
commendable
unfortunate
noteworthy
Fill in the blank with the missing word.
Under one arm he carried khaki hunting clothes, a haversack of food, a leather _______ containing a long-bladed hunting knife.
case
sheath
scabbard
cover
In the sentence "The knife, driven by the recoil of the springing tree, had not wholly failed," what does the word recoil most likely mean?
The sound made by the tree as it springs back
The backward movement or force exerted by the tree as it springs back
The process of the knife being sharpened
The act of the tree growing rapidly
