The Call of the Wild (Ch. 5)

Mrs. Justin (United States of America)
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  1. feign
    give a false appearance of
    Pike, the malingerer, who, in his lifetime of deceit, had often successfully feigned a hurt leg, was now limping in earnest. (Ch. 5, p. 57)
    feigned
  2. callowness
    lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life
    It advertised his callowness - a callowness sheer and unutterable. (Ch. 5, p. 59)
  3. unwieldy
    difficult to use or handle because of size or weight
    The overloaded and unwieldy sled forged ahead, Buck and his mates struggling frantically under the rain of blows. (Ch. 5, p. 62)
  4. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
    And so it went, the inexorable elimination of the superfluous. (Ch. 5, p. 63)
  5. slovenly
    negligent of neatness especially in dress and person
    It took them half the night to pitch a slovenly camp, and half the morning to break that camp and get the sled loaded in fashion so slovenly that for the rest of the day they were occupied in stopping and rearranging the load. (Ch. 5, p. 65)
  6. copious
    large in number or quantity
    And that Charles's sister's tale-bearing tongue should be relevant to the building of a Yukon fire was apparent only to Mercedes, who disburdened herself of copious opinions upon that topic, and incidentally upon a few other traits unpleasantly peculiar to her husband's family. (Ch. 5, p. 68)
  7. malinger
    avoid responsibilities and duties, often by faking illness
    Pike, crippled and limping, only half conscious and not conscious enough longer to malinger... (Ch. 5, p. 71)
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