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Call of the Wild Vocabulary
Vocabulary words from Call of the Wild
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English
9th Grade
11/10/2014

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articulate
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distinct pronunciatian; clear, expressive speech
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cadence
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balanced, rhythmic flow; measured beat
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celerity
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swift action; haste
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copious
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plenteous; abundant
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demesne
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extensive piece of land; an estate
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egotistical
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self-centered; conceited
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fastidiousness
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meticulous to detail; difficult to please
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inexorable
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unpersuaded; relentless
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insular
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pertaining to an island; isolated
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latent
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hidden, concealed power; unrevealed
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lugubriously
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mournfully; gloomily
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malignant
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threaten to life, highly evil, pernicious
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metamorphose
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to completely change; transform
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obdurate
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stubborn in wrong doing; hard-hearted
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perambulating
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walking about; roaming
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primordial
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earliest; original, primary or fundamental
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salient
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protruding; projecting, conspicuous
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sloven
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careless of dress or manners; untidy
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superfluous
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excess; extra, spare amount
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innocuously
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introduce, inject (usually to make immune), insert
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