Call of the Wild Vocab

Unit 7

Calamity

Disaster

Ruction

Fight

Uncowed

Bold, Bravery

Swarthy

Dirty skin

Primordial

Existing at or from the beginning of time; primeval

Vicarious

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

Wheeler

A wheelwright

Malignant

Malevolent

Diabolically

Characteristic of the devil, or so 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 guesswork 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

Rapidity of motion of action

Morose

Having a sullen and gloomy disposition

Lugubriously

Exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful

Salient

Standing out conspicuously

Chaffering

To exchange small talk, haggle about the terms of an agreement

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

The action of calling into question the integrity or validity of something

Callous

Showing or having an intensive 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 somethin

Imperiously

Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering

Plethoric

Excessively full of body fluid, particularly blood

Quibble

A slight objection or criticism about a trivial matter

Obliterated

Destroy utterly; wipe out

Chaff

The husks of corn or other seed separated by winnowing or threshing

Paroxysms

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

Palpitant

Palpitating