Vocab “The Most Dangerous Game”

Question 1

Game

Answer 1

a. an activity for recreation
b. a hunted object or animal

Question 2

Palpable

Answer 2

able to be touched, felt; thick

Question 3

Indolently

Answer 3

Lazily

Question 4

Quarry

Answer 4

a hunted object or animal

Question 5

Chateau

Answer 5

a large, castle-like mansion

Question 6

Report

Answer 6

a loud sound; the noise of a gunshot

Question 7

Refectory Table

Answer 7

a large dining hall table

Question 8

Debacle

Answer 8

an unfortunate or terrible event

Question 9

Naive

Answer 9

unsophisticated; gullible

Question 10

Scruples

Answer 10

ethical principles; ideas about what is wrong and what is right

Question 11

Grotesque

Answer 11

horrifying; unusual; ugly

Question 12

Knouter

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Solicitous

Answer 13

concerned, eager

Question 14

Futile

Answer 14

pointless, useless

Question 15

Repast

Answer 15

a meal; food; dinner

Question 16

Bizarre

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Astrakhan

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Palatial

Answer 18

resembling a palace in being spacious and splendid

Question 19

Cosmopolite

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Cossack

Answer 20

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