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Call of the Wild 4-7
Vocabulary for Ch 4-7 of Call of the Wild
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| celerity | swiftness;At the Rink Rapids two native huskies, Teek and Koona, were added; and the___________________ with which Buck broke them in took away Francois's breath. |
| heredity | inherited characteristics; Far more potent were the memories of his __________________________that gave things he had never seen before a seeming familiarity.... |
| lugubriously | sadly, mournfully, often in an exaggerated manner; Then he fell, and lay where he fell, howling___________________________________ as the long train of sleds churned by. |
| slovenly | careless, untidy; When driven with his mates to the new owners' camp, Buck saw a slipshod and _________________ affair, tent half-stretched, dishes unwashed, everything in disorder; |
| voracious | greedy; ravenous; The Outsider dogs whose digestions had not been trained by chronic famine to make the most of little, had ______________________________ appetites |
| incompetence | lack of ability or skill;His sister and brother-in-law seconded him; but they were frustrated by their heavy outfit and their own __________________________. |
| callous | unfeeling; In the excess of their own misery they were _____________________________ to the suffering of their animals. |
| terse | short, concise; He whittled and listened, gave monosyllabic replies, and when it was asked, __________________ advice. He knew the breed, and he gave his advice in the certainty that it would not be followed. |
| ministrations | act of giving care, help, or service; Regularly, each morning after he had finished his breakfast, she performed her self-appointed task, till he came to look for her ________________________________as much as he did for Thornton's |
| virility | strength or vigor; He was in perfect condition, without an ounce of superfluous flesh, and the one hundred and fifty pounds that he weighed were so many pounds of grit and ______________________________ |
| malicious | intentionally spiteful; harmful; "Black" Burton, a man evil tempered and________________________________, had been picking a quarrel with a tenderfoot at the bar, when Thornton stepped good naturedly between |
| tangible | touchable; Sometimes he pursued the call into the forest, looking for it as though it were a __________________ thing, barking softly or defiantly, as the mood might dictate. |
| pertinacity | stubborn persistence; obstinacy; But in the end Buck's________________________________was rewarded; for the wolf, finding that no harm was intended, finally sniffed noses with him. |
| calamity | any extreme misfortune bringing great loss and sorrow, disaster;He was oppressed with a sense of _________________________________ happening, |
| usurp | take over, assume power by force or without right; For the last time in his life he allowed passion to ________________________________ cunning and reason, and it was because of his great love for John Thornton that he lost his head. |
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