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English 9
The Call of the Wild vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Inseperable | not able to be seperated. |
| sated | To make tired or disgusted by giving more than enough |
| insular | cut off; isolated |
| instantaneous | happening without delay; immediate |
| surcharged | to fill or load beyond normal |
| Pent | kept in; shut up |
| Consignment | shipment |
| ruction | an uproar; disturbance |
| revelation | something remarkable that is made known |
| uncowed | not timid or afraid |
| latent | present but not visible or developed |
| weazened | to weaze; dried up |
| pervaded | to spread throughout |
| appeasingly | to gain someones favor by doing pleasing acts |
| misdeamnors | a minor crime |
| placatingly | to soothe the anger of; give into |
| incarnation | the visible form of a quality or idea |
| prowess | extraordinary ability or skill |
| ignominiously | shameful; disgraceful |
| dispatches | to finish quickly |
| passiveness | not active; lacking in energy |
| fastidiousness | difficult to please; critical |
| malingerer | a person who pretends to be sick to avoid work |
| draggled | to make wet and dirty by dragging on the ground |
| slavered | to slobber or to drool |
| pre-eminently | surpassing others; outstanding |
| prosterate | lying flat |
| covert | secret; disguised |
| insidious | working in a slow, subtle, and harmful way |
| precipitate | to cause |
| rampant | wild; not controlled |