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TRANSIENT
His transient masters since he had come into the Northland had bred in him a fear that no master could be permanent. |
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| passing away quickly, adj. |
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PROVOCATION
A miner's meeting called on the spot, decided that the dog had sufficient provacation and Buck was discharged. |
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| n. the rise of action, the rise of anger. |
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IMPEDE
...being careful that it should neither strangle him nor impede his swimming. |
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EXPLOIT
Buck performed another exploit not so heroic, perhaps, but one that put his name many notches higher on the totem-pole of Alaskan fame. |
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| ADJ. SOMETHING ABLE TO BE PERCEIVED BY TOUCH |
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| ADJ. DORMANT, INACTIVE, CONCEALED |
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