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call of the wild

vocab

TermDefinition
Brumal Relating to winter
Kindred one’s family and relations
Progeny descendent of a person, animal,
Plantcalamity an event causing great harm
Damagegenial friendly and cheerful
Primordial existing at or from the beginning 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 confidence, easily frightened
Jugular neck or throat
Luck determined courage
Obdurate stubbornly refusing to change one’s mind
Snarl an aggressive growl
Courier messenger who transports goods or documents
Solidarity unity or agreement of feeling or action
Potent having great power, influence or effect
Malingerer one who fakes injury or illness to avoid work
Feign to fake an injury or illness
Salient most noticeable or important
Superfluous unnecessary, more than enough
Quarrel an argument or disagreement
Entice attract or tempt
Pompous self-important, arrogant
Eloquent fluent or persuasive in speaking
Transient lasting only a short time
Eddy circular movement of water causing a small whirlpool
Ramshackle in a state of serious disrepair
Abundance very large quantity of something
Melancholy deep, long-lasing sadness
Vigilant keeping careful watch for possible danger
Gorge narrow valley between hills or mountains
Calamity an event causing great harm or damage
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