Unit 8 - Call of the Wild

Calamity

An event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster

Ruction

A disturbance or quarrel

Uncowed

Showing courage or boldness; not fearful or repressed

Swarthy

Dark-skinned

Primordial

Existing at or from the beginning of time; primeval

Vicarious

Experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person

Wheeler

An animal pulling in the position nearest the front wheels of a wagon

Malignant

Malevolent

Diabolically

Extremely evil

Belligerent

Hostile and aggressive

Arduous

Involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring

Trouncing

Defeat heavily in a contest

Malingerer

A person who malingers

Divined

Discover by guess work or intuition

Pandemonium

Wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar

Din

A loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise

Inexorable

Impossible to stop or prevent

Obdurate

Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action

Celerity

Swiftness of movement

Morose

Gloomy, bad-tempered, and uncommunicative

Lugubriously

Looking or sounding sad and dismal

Salient

Most noticeable or important

Chaffering

Haggle about the terms of an agreement or price of something

Slipshod

Characterized by a lack of care, thought, or organization

Repugnance

Intense disgust

Superfluous

Unnecessary, especially through being more than enough

Hastened

Be quick to do something

Chivalrously

Courteous and gallant, especially toward women

Impeachment

A charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office

Callous

Showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others

Ministrations

The provision of assistance or care

Convalescence

Time spent recovering from an illness or medical treatment

Mandate

An official order or commission to do something

Imperiously

Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant

Plethoric

Overly large or abundant; excessive

Quibble

A slight objection or criticism about a trivial matter

Obliterated

To completely remove from existence

Chaff

Husks of grain

Paroxysms

A sudden attack or violent expression of a particular emotion or activity

Palpitant

Marked by trembling or throbbing