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The Call of the Wild
Vocab for Chapters #4-#7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| morose | gloomily ill-humored; moody |
| lugubrious | mournful or gloomy (exaggeratedly so) |
| salient | prominent; projecting outward-noticeable |
| callow | immature or inexperienced |
| sloven | one who is habitually negligent (as in cleanliness, appearance, or work habits) |
| manifest | obvious; show plainly; prove |
| remonstrate | to object; plead in protest; disapprove |
| implore | to beg; to call upon for urgent help |
| repugnant | distasteful, objectionable, or offensive |
| averred | declared positively as if a fact |
| voracious | craving or consuming large quantities of food; insatiable |
| copious | abundant |
| importune | to make improper advances toward; assertive-urge or beg with persistence (stubbornness) |
| perambulate | to walk through, about, or over; travel about |
| innocuous | harmless; inoffensive |