“The Most Dangerous Game” Vocabulary
Palpable (adj.) able to be touched or felt
During the summer, the humidity makes the air feel
palpable.
 List 5 things that are palpable. List 5 things that are not
palpable.
 Write an original sentence of your own using the word
palpable.
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Indolently (adv.) lazily; idly
After the hard day of working outside, the boy
indolently read a book on the couch.
 When might you indolently do something? Do you know
someone who is indolent? What are they like?
 Write one synonym and one antonym for the word indolently.
 Write an original sentence of your own using the word
indolently.
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Bizarre (adj) odd in appearance
Many Halloween costumes are bizarre, and make you
wonder how people come up with these unusual ideas.
 Write a synonym and an antonym of bizarre.
 Write an original sentence of your own using the word
bizarre.
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Naïve (adj.) unsophisticated; not having been
exposed previously to
Often adults believe that teens are naïve because they
have fewer experiences in the world than the adults do.
 What would the opposite of naïve be?
 Write an original sentence of your own using the word
naïve.
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Scruples (n.) misgivings about something one
feels is wrong; ethical consideration that prohibits one
from particular actions
Many people consider scruples their conscience because it
indicates to them personally if an action is right or wrong.
Stealing is usually something that goes against people’s
scruples, therefore, they do not steal.
 List a few a few things that you have scruples about doing.
 Write an original sentence of your own using the word
scruples.
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Blandly (adv.) in a mild and soothing
manner; in a manner that is dull or not stimulating
Mandy, not being an exciting storyteller, blandly
told the story of “The Three Bears” during story hour,
and put most of the children asleep.
 Write an original sentence of your own using the word
blandly .
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Grotesque (adj.) having a strange, odd
design; departing from the natural, the expected, or
the typical
The costumes for Venetian Carnival are often grotesque in
design and very unexpected.
 List 2 synonyms of grotesque.
 Write an original sentence of your own using the word
grotesque.
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Futile (adj.) hopeless
The team’s efforts against the reigning national
champs were futile.
 List 2 antonyms of futile.
 Write an original sentence of your own using the word
futile.