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The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild Vocab Chapters #1--#3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| imperious | domineering: overbearing |
| insular | alone; detached; isolated |
| intimated | make known indirectly; suggest |
| ebbed | declined; flowed back; faded away |
| pervade | spread throughout; permeate |
| vicarious | performed, excercise received, or suffered in place of another; felt or enjoyed through imagined participation in the experience of others; taking the place of another person or thing |
| diabolical | wicked; devilish |
| ignominious | humiliating; disgraceful |
| placating | to pacify; to appease |
| arduous | laborious; difficult |
| marauder | one who roves looking for a place to raid; a thief |
| dubious | doubting |
| shirk | one who evades work or responsibility |
| insidious | intended to trap; deceitful |
| obdurate | unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feeling; stubborn resistance |