Vocabulary Words for
Call of the Wild
Adapt- to get accustomed or used to something Antagonist- opponent or adversary Calamity- disaster Chivalrous- characterized by consideration and courtesy Ecstasy- intense joy or delight Futile- having no useful result Harking- to return to a previous point Instinct- the natural impulse by which an animal is guided Malignant- evil Malinger- to pretend to be ill in order to escape work Metamorphosis- change or transform Morose- melancholy or gloomy Mutiny- open rebellion against authority Primitive- very basic Primordial- primitive Rend- violently tear apart Score- twenty Solidarity- union of interests, purposes, or sympathies among members of a group Superfulous- more than is necessary Supremacy- power to dominate or defeat Swarthy- having a dark complexion or color Unwonted- unusual Waxed- to increase gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity Weazened- wizened; shriveled; withered Wraith- ghost
wraith
"Four score and seven years ago..."
calamity
ecstasy
swarthy & weazened
morose & solidarity
metamorphosis
antagonist, rend & mutiny
