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COTW S1 Vocab
Vocabulary from Call of the Wild Section 1
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| Marked by fast and disordered activity | Frantic |
| One believed to be noble or superior | Aristocrat |
| Soon to appear or take place | Impending |
| An event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster | Calamity |
| Of or relating to the earliest time period, not developed or sophisticated | Primitive |
| Very eager or greedy for food | Ravenous |
| Their discovery sparked one of the most ______________ gold rushes in history. | Frantic |
| During the four years since his puppyhood he had lived the life of a sated ___________: he had pride in himself, was ever a trifle egotistical... | Aristocrat |
| What did they want with him, these strange men? He did not know why , but he felt oppressed by the vague sense of ___________________ | Impending calamity |
| It was his introduction to the reign of _____________ law, and he met the introduction halfway. | Primitive |
| And always they pitched camp after dark, eating their bits of fish, and crawling to sleep into the snow. Buck was ___________. | Ravenous |