Call of the Wild – Vocabulary
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Call of the Wild Vocabulary – Chapter 1
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brumal
chafing
ferine
nomadic
aristocrat
besetting
egotistical
insular
progeny
sated
tonic
trifle
futilely
intimated
treachery
vilely
conveyance
hydrophoby
lacerated
unbridled
assailed
calamity
impending
oppressed
sullenly
tallow
accumulated
detestable
metamorphosed
parched
retaliated
stout
wrath
surcharged
cayuses
consignment
Definition
in the winter
rubbing against, irritating
feral, wild
wandering
a member of the privileged class
constantly present
self-important
alone
children; descendant
satisfied
a drink acting like a medicine
a little, unimportant
with no hope of success
suggested
betrayal of trust
highly offensive
a vehicle; some sort of transportation
dialect pronunciation of “hydrophobia;” more accurately: rabies
torn, ripped, cut
unrestrained; without limits
attacked
disaster
about to happen
overpowered by someone/something or a heavy emotional feeling
in a dark, gloomy way
a white, processed fat similar to wax
collected; built up
creating intense dislike
changed
extremely dry or thirsty
responded; fought back
heavy, roundish, fat
extreme anger
filled to the very top; overfilled
regional idiom: horses
a single shipment
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druther
ruction
slaver
soliloquized
conciliated
docilely
latent
uncowed
weazened
wheedlingly
destined
impartial
swarthy
uncouth
estimation
incurious
meditated
morose
treacherous
uproariously
prefer
a noisy fight
drool; slobber
talked to himself
getting along
calmly
present, but hidden craftiness or trickery
bold, bravely
shriveled, wizened
to get something by gentle talk or flattery
a sure thing; must happen
even-handed; evenly considering both sides of an issue
dark complexion or skin color
crude, rough
guess or opinion
without curiosity
contemplated
sullen, sad, depressed
likely to betray trust
very noisy
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Call of the Wild Vocabulary – Chapter 2
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imperative
vicarious
intentness
swart
draught
traces
tuition
introspective
perpetual
malignant
comradely
appeasement
scored
diabolically
incarnation
belligerent
discomfiture
inoffensive
gaunt
prowess
indiscretion
consternation
ignominiously
disconsolate
forlorn
placatingly
arduous
harking
unduly
contracted
spasmodically
despatches
retaliate
trouncing
cañon
gee-pole
indispensable
ravenous
perpetual
fastidiousness
adj. absolutely necessary
adj. substituted from one thing for another
n. plan or purpose
adj. having a dark, weather-beaten complexion
adj. pulling heavy loads
n. the ropes or cords connecting the dogs to the sled.
n. teaching
adj. given to private thought
adj. unending; lasting forever
adj. actively evil in nature
adj. friendly
n. pleasing or satisfying someone.
v. cut into
adv. evily
n. something represented in a person
adj. hostile; aggressive
n. embarrassed awkwardness
adj. not offending
adj. haggard and emaciated
n. superior skill
n. an unwise act
n. shocked feeling of alarm or concern
adv. shamefully
adj. hopelessly sad
adj. lonely, abandoned, sad
adv. appeasingly giving in easily
adj. difficult and tiring
v. recalling; listening
adv. excessively
adj. compressed; shrank
adv. intermittently; happening unpredictably
n. (dispatches) official messages
v. to fight back
n. a severe beating
n. Spanish word from which comes the English word, canyon
n. device at back of sled for directing/turning the sled
adj. required; unable to do without
adj. extremely hungry
adj. unending; lasting forever
n. carefulness in all details
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malingerer
adaptability
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vain
accommodated
decivilization
cunningly
retrogression
loathsome
indigestible
conspicuous
inevitably
leeward
domesticated
heredity
cadences
divers
n. one who pretends to be ill in order to escape work
n. ability to adjust easily to a new environment or different
conditions
adj. excessively proud, especially of personal appearance
n. adapted to something new
n. the process of becoming less civilized
adv. cleverly, in a way that is intended to deceive
n. the act of deteriorating
adj. repulsive, arousing intense dislike and disgust
adj. difficult or impossible to digest
adj. easily or clearly visible
adv. something that is certain to happen
adj. situated away from the wind, sheltered from the wind
adj. accustomed to living with or near people
n. ancestral background
n. beat or rhythm of movement
adj. many, more than one, and of various types
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Call of the Wild Vocabulary – Chapter 3
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cunning
poise
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deliberateness
prone
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rashness
precipitate
grope
malingerer
adversary
jugular
goaded
famished
unpursued
plight
grievously
rent
warily
marauders
contemplation
daunted
resolutely
conspicuous
rejoinder
acknowledged
supremacy
preeminently
incomprehensible
sour
sullen
uncontent
shirked
prostrate
insubordination
bickering
nocturnal
pall
defiance
articulate
adj. clever in a way that is intended to deceive
n. calm self-assured dignity…OR…a graceful controlled way of
standing, moving, or performing an action
n. quality of being carefully thought out and done intentionally
adj. inclined to do something or inclined to be affected by
something
n. the quality of being thoughtless and or reckless
v. to make something happen suddenly and quickly
v. to search for something uncertainly with the hands
n. one who pretends to be ill, especially in order to avoid work
n. an opponent in a conflict,
n. a main blood vessel in the side of the neck.
v. to cause somebody to act…OR… to prod an animal with a stick
adj. starving; extremely hungry
adj. not followed
n. unfortunate condition
adv. very seriously
v. (past tense of “to rend”) tore violently apart
adv. cautiously, in guarded manner
n. raiders
n. the act of considering something
adj. frightened, discouraged
adv. in a determined manner
adj. easily or clearly visible
n. a reply, especially sharp, critical, or angry
adj. recognized
n. position of authority over all others
adv. standing out among others because of superiority
adj. not understandable; impossible to understand
adj. unfriendly, unpleasant
adj. quietly bad tempered
n. restless unhappiness
v. avoided (as a responsibility)
adj. flat, face down on the ground
n. the act of refusing to submit to authority
n. bad-tempered arguing about something unimportant
adj. occurring at night, of the night
n. a covering, most commonly a covering for a casket
n. open, bold, or hostile refusal to obey or conform
adj. clearly expressed
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travail
recuperated
trim
vexation
insidious
solidarity
misdemeanors
placatingly
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swaggering
bedlam
irritable
squabbling
barbarous
futile
avail
precipitate
blundered
wan
wraith
infinitely
intimate
paradox
ecstasy
womb
sheer
sinew
rampant
exultantly
apex
Thrice
antagonist
inexorable
mercy
climes
maneuvered
impending
dominant
primordial
n. hard, physical work over a long period
v. caused someone to regain his/her health
v. top condition
n. displeasure, irritation
adj. slowly but relentlessly harmful or destructive
n. unified in a common cause or belief
n. a less serious crime
adv. soothingly, making someone less angry or hostile by doing or
saying something to please
v. walking in an arrogant or proud way
n. chaos, a situation full of noise, frenzied activity, and confusion
adj. bad-tempered
v. noisy arguing over unimportant things
adj. extremely cruel, uncivilized
adj. hopeless, useless
n. a help or advantage
v. to make something happen quickly
v. made a serious mistake; in this case, failed to succeed
adj. pale
n. a ghost, or apparition of someone soon to die.
adv. unendingly, immeasurably
adj. private and personal, often between two individuals
n. a contradiction
n. extreme happiness
n. a secure place of origin
adj. complete, pure
n. muscle, tendon, therefore: strength, power
adj. growing wildly
adv. triumphantly, joyfully (resulting from success)
n. the highest point
adv. three times
n. opponent; someone in conflict with another
adj. unstoppable
n. compassion
n. a place with a particular type of climate
v. moved into position
adj. soon to happen; awaiting
adj. in control
adj. existing at the beginning of time.
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Call of the Wild Vocabulary – Chapter 4
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gaping
coveted
obdurate
whereupon
thrashing
complied
forevalued
celerity
infrequent
comparatively
deluged
mushers
aspired
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riddled
idols
monotonous
fivescore
resiliency
perpetual
suppressedly
morose
lugubriously
comrades
involuntarily
convulsive
yearning
mournfully
adj. large, wide, deep (usually referring to a hole or opening)
adj. desired by someone other than the owner
adj. stubborn
conj. at which point; as a result of
n. a severe beating
v. (past tense) obeyed; conformed
v. (past tense) giving value before really knowing
n. quickness in movement or in doing something
adj. not happening very often
adv. in comparison with something else.
v. (past tense) overwhelm with a large amount of something.
n. dog sled drivers
v. (past tense) to have an ambition to do something or attain a
goal.
v. (past tense) covered with holes.
n. an object which is worshipped or adored
adj. repetitious, uninteresting, boring as a result of not changing
n. 5 X 20 = 100 (a score equals a group of 20 things)
n. ability to recover quickly from problems or setbacks.
adj. unending; lasting forever
adv. held back, haltingly
adj. having a gloomy personality, sullen
adj. morose, extremely mournful or sad
n. friends or companions, or coworkers
adv. without wanting to, happening on its own
adj. jerky, sudden, uncontrollable
adj. longing for something
adv. sadly
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Call of the Wild Vocabulary – Chapter 5
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deceit
feigned
recuperation
congested
callowness
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sheer
unutterable
manifestly
chaffering
slipshod
apprehensively
remonstrance
hastened
affirmed
imploringly
repugnance
clannish
sympathetically
thoroughfare
inexorable
superfluous
averred
imperative
formidable
bulk
indeterminate
forlorn
Q.E.D.
slack
slovenly
commence
orthodox
quaver
cajole
incompetence
amenities
shorn
irritability
grievance
n. the act of tricking or misleading
v. (past tense) faked; pretended
n. recovery from an illness; the regaining heath
adj. overcrowded; packed
adj. young and lacking the experience of life that comes with
adulthood
adj. complete, total
adj. so emotional as to be impossible to describe
adv. obviously
v. haggling or bargaining to set a price for something
adj. sloppy; careless
adv. fearfully, worried that something bad will happen
n. an argument or protest
v. to do something immediately
v. confirmed; agreed
adv. in a begging manner; seriously asking
n. disgust, extreme dislike
adj. keep with a group; sticking together
adv. feeling or showing sympathy
n. public road; heavily used route
adj. impossible to stop
adj. not needed; more than necessary
v. agree that something is true
adj. very important
adj. difficult to deal with; aw-inspiring
n. a large body
adj. impossible to determine
adj. sad; lonely; abandoned
literally “that which is to be demonstrated”
n. careless
adv. carelessly
v. begin
adj. following in a traditional or approved manner
n. a tremble in the voice
v. persuade someone gently
n. lack of skill; bad at doing something
n. pleasant qualities; niceties
v. cut; stripped
n. the state of being easily annoyed
n. complaint
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chivalrously
impeachment
prerogative
persisted
importuned
callous
perambulating
insensible
malignant
malinger
fraught
fissures
innocuously
wistfully
monosyllabic
folly
inarticulate
adv. in the manner of a knight; considerate and courteous
n. the act of bringing charges or complaints against someone
n. right or privilege
v. kept at something
v. bother somebody with continual requests
adj. unfeeling
v. walking
adj. not conscious, not aware of
adj. harmful; wanting to do harm
n. one who pretends to be ill in order to avoid work.
adj. accompanied
n. narrow cracks
adv. harmlessly
adv. deep in sad thoughts about something desired or lost
adj. brief and unhelpful
n. misguided thing
adj. expressing oneself poorly
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Call of the Wild Vocabulary – Chapter 6
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forbear
convalescence
pompous
ecstasy
eloquent
vibrant
feigned
caress
wont
transient
cunning
antagonist
forewent
primordial
shades
peremptorily
compelled
imperiously
demonstrative
grubstaked
conclusively
apprehensions
malicious
array
sufficient
provocation
discharged
mill-race
extremity
waxed
stoutly
vaunt
plethoric
contagion
superfluous
repose
conjuration
manoeuvre
incoherent
indiscreet
v. tempted by offering something attractive
v. hold back from somethnig
n. recovery from an injury or illness
adj. self-important
n. extreme joy
adj. spoken clearly and convincingly
adj. energetic; pulsing with energy
v. pretended
n. a gentle touch
adj. accustomed to something
adj. short in duration; not permanently in place
n. craftiness meant to trick or deceive
n. opponent
v. went ahead of something
adj. existing from the beginning
n. spirits; ghosts
adv. absolutely; without question
v. forced
adv. arrogantly
adj. obviously affectionate
v. bought supplies for
adv. proving without doubt
n. dreads; worries
adj. harmful on purprose
n. assortment; group of something
adj. enough
n. cause to act or attack
v. released; allowed to leave
n. the current of water that drives a mill wheel
n. dying stage
v. grew
adv. strongly; courageously
n. boast, bragging statement
adj. too full
n. disease
adj. not needed; more that what is needed
n. at rest
n. making a magic spell
n. a planned action or move
adj. not making sense
adj. not tactful
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Call of the Wild Vocabulary – Chapter 7
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abundance
descended
ascended
melancholy
obliterated
placer
salient
concealment
recurrent
unwonted
commingled
overture
pertinacity
belie
imperiously
latent
remnants
chaff
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prowess
contagion
carnivorous
vigor
virility
equilibrium
sequential
infinitesimal
rampant
asunder
ptarmigan
wantonness
humor
palmated
paroxysms
persistent
ambuscade
harrying
shambled
slake
loped
adv. because o f which
n. large amount
v. go down
v. go up
n. sadness
v. wiped out
n. a deposit of sand mixed with gold
adj. noticeable or striking
n. the quality of being hidden
adj. repeating
adj. unusual
v. mixed together
n. an initial proposal or beginning suggestion
n. stubbornness; perseverance
v. to tell lies about
adv. overbearing; arrogant; domineering
adj. hidden, dormant (present, but inactive)
n. small parts still left; a trace of something
n. husks of grain that are separated when the grain is beaten
during threshing
n. superior skill; valor in combat
n. a disease that can be transmitted
adj. meat-eating
n. active physical or mental strength
n. manliness; the state of being male
n. balance; especially of the body
adj. occurring in order or sequence
adj. tiny
adj. unrestrained; spreading unchecked
adv. into different parts or pieces
n. a northern or alpine game bird
n. lack of discipline
n. mood
adj. shaped like a hand with the fingers spread
n. outbursts or convulsions
adj. continuing despite problems; sticking to something
n. place of surprise attack
v. to force or move long by harassing
v. walked clumsily, keeping feet low to the ground
v. to satisfy
v. ran in easy strides
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palpitant
certitude
multitudinous
certitude
calamity
excrescence
usurp
inconceivably
sluice boxes
cessation
luringly
compellingly
pell-mell
discomfited
writhed
v. walked clumsily, keeping feet low to the ground
adj. quivering; trembling
n. certainty
adj. crowded, great numbers
n. certainty
n. disaster
n. natural outgrowth
v. takes control over
adv. unimaginably
n. long channels through which water is run, leaving the gold
v. ceasing or stopping
adv. in a manner that attracts by offer of a reward
adv. holding or demanding attention
adv. jumbled or confused
v. made unsettled or confused
v. twisted
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