Vocabulary

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Vocabulary One Most Dangerous Game-One
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dread
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flounder
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palpable
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forsake
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indolent
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anguish
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opaque
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peril
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utter
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bleak
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Homework Look up these words. Most Dangerous
Game-One
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dread
to be in terror of to anticipate with distaste
or reluctance
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palpable
capable of being touched, felt or perceived
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forsake
to abandon, to give up,
to renounce
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opaque
having no luster dull hard to understand not
clear
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peril
something dangerous or risky the condition of
being in danger or at risk or harm
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flounder
To move clumsily to struggle or move with
difficulty.
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utter
to speak absolute complete to express to
verbalize without qualification
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bleak
depressing, discouraging, harsh, cold, barren, raw
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indolent
lazy, slothful
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anguish
strong physical or mental pain
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Henri Rousseau 1844-1910 Post Impressionist
Painter in the Primitive Style
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Memorizing the meaning of a word is worthless . .
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. . . unless you know how to recognize it and how
to use it.
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Recognizing and using your vocabulary words in
context
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All the generals troops had ____________ him,
and he had no choice but to follow them and
return to safe ground.
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All the generals troops had forsaken
him, and he had no choice but to follow them and
return to safe ground.
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It is________________ to ride a bicycle on the
highway at night.
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It is perilous_____
to ride a bicycle on the highway at night.
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Fear ran ___________ through the crowd as the man
wielded a pistol.
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Fear ran palpably__ through the crowd as the
man wielded a pistol.
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The ballerina tights were an __________ pink,
revealing none of her skin.
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The ballerina tights were an opaque__ pink,
revealing none of her skin.
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She wore the most _______________ costume to the
Halloween party.
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She wore the most __ dreadful _
costume to the Halloween party.
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The photographers use of ____________ lighting
enhanced the family portrait.
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The photographers use of ___opaque___ lighting
enhanced the family portrait.
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The _______________ of automobile accident
victims crying out is a terrible thing to hear.
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The anguish_____ of automobile
accident victims crying out is a terrible thing
to hear.
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Most people _________ spiders and snakes and
wiggly things.
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Most people dread__ spiders and snakes and
wiggly things.
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Jean put an _________ blue glaze on her ceramic
teapot.
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Jean put an opaque_ blue glaze on her ceramic
teapot.
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Because he skipped school, Billy was in
__________ of losing his part in the school play.
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Because he skipped school, Billy was in
___peril of losing his part in the school
play.
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Shirley ___________ her annual dentist checkups.
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Shirley dreaded__ her annual dentist checkups.
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Shirley dreads___ her annual dentist
checkups.
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We saw the _________ faces of the hurricane
victims on television.
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We saw the anguished_ faces of the hurricane
victims on television.
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The answer is as __________ as the nose on your
face
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The answer is as _palpable as the nose on
your face
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Many people in San Francisco and Japan live in
__________ of earthquakes
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Many people in San Francisco and Japan live in
dread of earthquakes
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The dog __________ _ through the mud attempting
to find his master in the dark night.
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The dog floundered_ through the mud attempting
to find his master in the dark night.
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The Puritans had no use for ____________ as is
clear in their Work Ethic.
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The Puritans had no use for indolence__ as
is clear in their Work Ethic.
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The _______________ daring of the ice box raid
was beyond belief for two small dogs and a pet
monkey.
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The utter______ daring of the
ice box raid was beyond belief for two small dogs
and a pet monkey.
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Chris may get by in high school, but college
professors will never put up with such
___________________.
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Chris may get by in high school, but college
professors will never put up with such
____ _indolence .
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Harry and Billy crept into the cemetery cloaked
in __________ darkness
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Harry and Billy crept into the cemetery cloaked
in utter___ darkness
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The parents urged their daughter to __________
her life as a model and return to their home to
become a school teacher.
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The parents urged their daughter to forsake__
her life as a model and return to their home to
become a school teacher.
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Jean asked Max not to ________ another word until
he heard her side of the story.
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Jean asked Max not to utter another word
until he heard her side of the story.
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Ship Trap Island was one of the most ___________
places in the Caribbean Sea.
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Ship Trap Island was one of the most ___bleak
places in the Caribbean Sea.
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Ship Trap Island was one of the most _ dreadful
places in the Caribbean Sea.
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Ship Trap Island was one of the most __perilous__
places in the Caribbean Sea.
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Ship Trap Island was one of the most _ forsaken__
places in the Caribbean Sea.
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Ship Trap Island was one of the most
_anguishing_ places in the Caribbean Sea.
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After Joy lost the first set six-love, the
chances for the girls tennis team to win the
state championship began to look _______.
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After Joy lost the first set six-love, the
chances for the girls tennis team to win the
state championship began to look bleak .
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One ____________ of sky diving is you could land
in somebodys swimming pool.
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One peril of sky diving is you
could land in somebodys swimming pool.
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One of the of sky diving is you
could land in somebodys swimming pool.
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One of the perils of sky diving is you could
land in somebodys swimming pool.
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The family suffered terrible ___________ until
the baby was found unharmed.
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The family suffered terrible anguish__ until
the baby was found unharmed.
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The ship ___________ in the storm.
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The ship _floundered_ in the storm.
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The _______________ of the Aleutian Islands,
where the winds howl constantly, makes one shiver
just to see a picture of it.
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The bleakness___ of the Aleutian
Islands, where the winds howl constantly, makes
one shiver just to see a picture of it.
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Jack started his speech but began to
_____________ when he couldnt find his notes.
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Jack started his speech but began to
flounder___ when he couldnt find his notes.
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John was so _________ he never did his homework.
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John was so indolent_ he never did his homework.
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The vet said we should keep our hopes up, but the
chance of our dog, Spot, surviving the car
accident appeared _______________.
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The vet said we should keep our hopes up, but the
chance of our dog, Spot, surviving the car
accident appeared _____bleak _ .
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Test Friday
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• Be able to spell each word and its various
  forms.
• Be able to match the word with its meaning.
• Be able to choose the correct word or its
  correct form to fill in the blank on the test.