The Most Dangerous Game and The Last Leaf Vocab

Question 1

speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way

Answer 1

scoffed

Question 2

overcome

Answer 2

surmounted

Question 3

not showing care for the consequences of an action

Answer 3

imprudent

Question 4

a place, typically a large, deep pit, from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted

Answer 4

quarry

Question 5

go or move back farther from a position

Answer 5

receding

Question 6

incapable of producing any useful results

Answer 6

futile

Question 7

comically or repulsively ugly or distorted

Answer 7

grotesque

Question 8

a woody evergreen climbing plant typically having shiny, dark green five pointed leaves

Answer 8

ivy

Question 9

a self-supporting frame for holding an artist’s work while it is being painted or drawn

Answer 9

easel

Question 10

continue firmly or obstinately in an opinion or a course of action in spite of difficulty opposition or failure

Answer 10

persisted

Question 11

attractive unusual or old fashioned

Answer 11

quaint

Question 12

the soft glowing night from the sky when the is below the horizon

Answer 12

twilight

Question 13

strike with a firm blow

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smote

Question 14

one of a class of lustful, drunken woodland gods

Answer 14

satyr

Question 15

very strange or unusual

Answer 15

bizarre

Question 16

diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details

Answer 16

scrupulous