When you come across unfamiliar words in a story, you can discover what they mean by looking for context clues.
Look at the following table for some words from “The Most Dangerous Game" that may
be unfamiliar to you. Refer back to the story to find these words and see if you can
determine their meanings from the context clues. The words are listed in the table in the
order that they appear in the story. Fill out the column labeled Contextual Meaning with
what you think the meaning is. Then look up these words in the dictionary and fill out the
column labeled Dictionary Definition. Finally, explain what clues you used in the story to
come up with the contextual meaning of each word. Write your explanations in the
comments column.