Vocabulary for “The Most Dangerous Game”
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Read the sentence below. Use context clues to help you figure out what the ​
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word means in
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Write your own original sentence using the word correctly.
1. I could feel my energy ​
augmenting​
only after I finished drinking my coffee.
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2. Leaving work that day and thinking only of my tropical vacation for the next week gave me the greatest feeling
of ​
bliss​
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3. About to be eaten by the bear, I imagined the fish could only feel an overwhelming feeling of ​
despair​
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4. No animal should ever have to ​
endure​
being abused or mistreated.
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5. Disney movies are based on the idea that a character must defeat their evil ​
foes​
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6. Most people would consider the Polar Plunge, when people dive into the freezing waters of a lake during the
winter, to be ​
foolish​
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7. Once the dog stole the other dog’s bone, they seemed to ​
quarrel​
and would not look at or play with each other.
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8. Emily felt all alone when the other girls ​
tormented​
her at her locker on a daily basis.
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9. Even though the little dogs stood no chance in winning the tug of war game, they gave it a ​
valiant​
effort..
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10. Carla loved trying new foods, but even she refused to try the ​
vile​
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11. Soap operas are known to be complicated tales of ​
woe​
, complete with evil twins, murder plots, and distrust at
every turn.​
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