Call of the Wild - Chapters 4 & 5

Ms. Sarah (Cayman Islands)
Use this vocabulary list for Week 2's reading. Additionally, remember to come up with 5 other words to use as your own personal vocabulary words. These are due to me on paper or note card, with definitions and page numbers, by Friday, January 17.
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  1. coveted
    greatly desired
    Page 56.
  2. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
    Page 56. A person who is obdurate is someone who keeps doing the wrong thing over and over and over again.
  3. sheepishly
    in a manner showing embarrassment or shame
    Page 57. To be sheepish to is be embarrassed or ashamed.
  4. excel
    distinguish oneself
    Page 58. The word in the novel is "excelled." To excel means to do an amazing job at something, or to be very good at it.
  5. toil
    work hard
    Page 58.
  6. lick
    beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
    Page 59.
  7. loafing
    having no employment
    Page 59. It can also mean being lazy.
  8. celerity
    a rate that is rapid
    Page 59. It can also mean quickness or speediness.
  9. deluge
    an overwhelming number or amount
    Page 60. The word in the novel is "deluged," and it means to be overwhelmed with the amount of something.
  10. monotonous
    tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
    Page 61. It can also mean boring.
  11. potent
    having great influence
    Page 62. It also means powerful.
  12. lapsed
    no longer active or practicing
    Page 62.
  13. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
    Page 65. To be morose is also to be depressed or in a very bad mood.
  14. consultation
    a meeting to discuss a particular question or topic
    Page 65. Also a meeting.
  15. flounder
    move clumsily or struggle to move, as in mud or water
    Page 66. The word in the novel is "floundered."
  16. lugubriously
    in a sorrowful lugubrious manner
    Page 67. It means in a very sad manner.
  17. perplexed
    full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment
    Page 67.
  18. malingerer
    someone shirking duty by feigning illness or incapacity
    Page 69. A malingerer is someone who pretends to be sick or unable to do something simply to get out of work.
  19. congested
    overfull as with blood
    Page 71. To be congested to is to be full of anything (blood, mucus, letters, cars, etc.).
  20. salient
    conspicuous, prominent, or important
    Page 71. It also means very noticeable.
  21. callowness
    lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life
    Page 71. To be callow is to be young and very naive.
  22. slovenly
    negligent of neatness especially in dress and person
    Page 72. It can also mean sloppy or careless.
  23. abide
    dwell
    Page 72. It can also mean to belong somewhere.
  24. meekly
    in a humble manner
    Page 73. It can also mean in a wimpy way.
  25. imploringly
    in a pleading manner
    Page 74. It can also mean in a way that begs.
  26. heed
    pay close attention to
    Page 76.
  27. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
    Page 77.
  28. imperative
    some duty that is essential and urgent
    Page 77. If something is imperative, it is absolutely necessary.
  29. jaded
    exhausted
    Page 79.
  30. voracious
    excessively greedy and grasping
    Page 80.
  31. amenities
    things that make you comfortable and at ease
    Page 81.
  32. wrangle
    quarrel noisily, angrily, or disruptively
    Page 82. The word in the novel is "wrangled."
  33. copious
    large in number or quantity
    Page 82.
  34. chivalrous
    attentive and honorable like an ideal knight
    Page 83.
  35. fraught
    filled with or attended with
    Page 86.
  36. irresolute
    uncertain how to act or proceed
    Page 89. The word in the novel is "irresolutely."
Created on Mon Jan 06 14:00:27 EST 2014 (updated Mon Jan 13 07:47:15 EST 2014)

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