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The Call of the Wild
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Brumal | relating to winter |
| Kindred | one's family and relations |
| Progeny | descendent of a person, animal, or plant |
| Calamity | an event causing great harm or danger |
| Genial | 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 | to cause an event to happen suddenly or prematurely |
| bleak | something cold, desolate, and bare |
| timid | someone who is shy, nervous, lacking self-confidence, or easily frightened. |
| jugular | typically refers to the neck or throat, |
| luck | the phenomenon of positive or negative events occurring by chance rather than through one’s own actions or abilities. |
| obdurate | someone who is stubbornly persistent and refuses to change their opinion or course of action, even when faced with persuasion or reason |
| snarl | To growl fiercely while showing teeth, like an angry dog. For humans, it means speaking in a sharp, harsh, or angry tone. |
| courier | a person or company that delivers messages, packages, or documents from one place to another |
| solidarity | a state of unity or agreement within a group, characterized by mutual support and shared goals, interests, or responsibilities. |
| potent | having great power, influence, or effect |
| malingerer | one who fakes injury's 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 disafgreement |
| entice | attract or tempt |
| pompous | self-important, arrogant |
| eloquent | flucent 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 lasting sadness |
| vigilant | keeping careful watch for possible danger |
| gorge | narrow valley between hills or mountains |
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