English, The Most Dangerous Game Flashcards

1
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an activity for recreation

A

Game

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2
Q

an animal that is hunted for a sport

A

Game

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3
Q

able to be touched, felt ; thick

A

palpable

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4
Q

Lazily

A

Indolently

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5
Q

a hunted object or animal

A

Quarry

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6
Q

a large, castle-like mansion

A

Chateau

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7
Q

a loud sound; the noise of a gunshot

A

Report

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8
Q

a large dining hall table

A

Refectory Table

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9
Q

an unfortunate or terrible event

A

Debacle

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10
Q

unsophisticated; gullible

A

Naive

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11
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ethical principals; ideas about what is wrong and what is right

A

Scruples

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12
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horrifying; unusual; ugly

A

Grotesque

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13
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a person whose job is to whip or beat prisoners or criminals

A

Knouter

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14
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concerned, eager

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Solicitous

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15
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pointless, useless

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Futile

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16
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a meal; food; dinner

A

Repast

17
Q

very strange or unusual, especially so as to cause interest or amusement

A

Bizarre

18
Q

a type of curly fur fabric (for clothing) made from lambskin

A

Astrakhan

19
Q

resembling a palace in being spacious and splendid

A

Palatial

20
Q

a person at home in all parts of the world, familiar with different cultures

A

Cosmopolite

21
Q

a member of a people from southern Russia, famous for their fierceness and horsemanship

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Cossack

22
Q

dumb

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unable to talk/ mute

23
Q

quandary

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state of being in a dilemma

24
Q

stoke

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add fuel to something

25
Q

pervade

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to fill something

26
Q

chide

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to scold someone

27
Q

surge

A

a sudden rush of something