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COTW S2 Vocab
Vocabulary from Call of the Wild Section 2
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| Earliest formed, first created or developed | Primordial |
| Refusal to obey authority | Mutiny |
| The condition of not obeying authority | Insubordination |
| The sum of the characteristics derived from one's ancestors | Heredity |
| Having a sullen and gloomy disposition | Morose |
| The dominant _____________ beast was strong in Buck, and under the fierce conditions of trail life it grew and grew. | Primordial |
| But he did it craftily, when Francois was not around, with the convert ___________ of Buck, A general insubordination sprang up and increased | Mutiny |
| But he did it craftily, when Francois was not around, with the convert mutiny of Buck, A general ________________ sprang up and increased | Insubordination |
| Far more potent were the memories of his ________________ that gave things he had never seen before a seeming familiarity; the instincts which had lapsed in later days, and still later, in him, quickened and become alive again. | Heredity |
| He became more ____________ and irritable, and when camp was pitched at once made his nest, where his driver fed him. | Morose |