Save
Upgrade to remove ads
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or
show password
Forgot Password?
Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or
Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account. Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.
focusNode
Didn't know it?
click below
 
Knew it?
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
0:00
edit
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how

ToBuildFire vocab

Vocabulary in the story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London

QuestionAnswer
frigid extreme cold
abruptly suddenly; immediately
agitation disturbance
appendage attachment
apprehension anxiety; uneasiness; fear; trepidation; nervousness; consternation
bough limb; branch
brute dog
compelled forced
conflagration blaze; inferno; fire
conjectural speculative
ebbed faded; receded
excruciating agonizing; unbearable; painful
floundered struggled; thrashed
frailty weakness; shortcoming; mortality
furrow groove
gait walk; step; pace
gingerly carefully; tentatively; cautiously
gloom somberness; despondency; overcast; obscurity
imperceptible indiscernible; undetectable; barely visible; unnoticeable
intangible imperceptible; undetectable
lodged blocked and held
menacing threatening; dangerous; perilous
methodically systematically; meticulously; carefully
orb circle; sun
peremptorily authoritatively; commandingly; firmly
persisted continued
poignant distressing; moving; affective
protruding projecting; sticking out
reassured encouraged
shied withdrew; backed up
smote afflicted
sopped soaked
speculatively tentatively; reflectively
subdued restrained; suppressed
subtle elusive; vague
threshing repeatedly striking
throttle strangle; choke
treacherous perfidious
undulations waves; ripples
vague unclear; indistinct; fuzzy
Created by: scarrier
Popular English Vocabulary sets

 

 



Voices

Use these flashcards to help memorize information. Look at the large card and try to recall what is on the other side. Then click the card to flip it. If you knew the answer, click the green Know box. Otherwise, click the red Don't know box.

When you've placed seven or more cards in the Don't know box, click "retry" to try those cards again.

If you've accidentally put the card in the wrong box, just click on the card to take it out of the box.

You can also use your keyboard to move the cards as follows:

If you are logged in to your account, this website will remember which cards you know and don't know so that they are in the same box the next time you log in.

When you need a break, try one of the other activities listed below the flashcards like Matching, Snowman, or Hungry Bug. Although it may feel like you're playing a game, your brain is still making more connections with the information to help you out.

To see how well you know the information, try the Quiz or Test activity.

Pass complete!
"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries:
restart all cards