click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Call of the wild
vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Brumal | Relating to winter |
| Kindred | Ones family and relation |
| Progeny | Descendent of person, animal, or plant |
| Calamity | An event causing great harm or damage |
| Genial | Friendly and cheerful |
| Pimordial | Existing at or from the begining of time |
| Peril | Serious or immediate danger |
| Imperative | Of vital importance |
| Assailant | Person who physically attacks another |
| Discomfiture | Uneasy feeling or embarrassment |
| Precipitate | Cause to happen suddenly |
| Bleak | Lacking vegetation, exposed to the elements |
| Timid | Lacking confedence, easily frightend |
| Jugular | Neck or Throat |
| Luck | Determined courage |
| Obdurate | Stubbornly refusing to change ones mind |
| Snarl | An aggressive growl |
| Courier | Messenger who transports goods or documents |
| Solidarity | Unity of agreement of Feeling or action |
| Potent | Having great power, influence or effect |
| Mailingerer | One who fakes injury or illness to avoid doing work |
| Feign | To fake an injury or illness |
| Salient | Most noticable or important |
| Superflous | Unnecessary, more than enough |
| Quarrel | An argument or dissagreement |
| Entice | Attract or tempt |
| Pompous | Self important, arrogant |
| Eloquent | Fluent or persuasive in speaking |
| Transiet | Lasting only a short time |
| Eddy | Circular movement of water causing a small whirpool |
| Ramshackle | In a state of serious despair |
| Abundance | Very large quantity of something |
| Meloncholy | Deep, long-lasing sadness |
| Vigilant | Keeping careful watch for possible danger |
| Gorge | Narrow valley between hills or mountains |