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White Fang
Part II-Battle of the Fangs
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Language - English
6th Grade
01/06/2012
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in the country of game
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an are where food was available
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remnant
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a small remaining part;
remainder
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to dwindle
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to become smaller
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to strive, strove, striven
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to attempt, try
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placate
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to calm down, pacify, to quiet
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beset
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surround, attack from all sides
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merciless
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cruel, ruthless, harsh
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erstwhile
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former
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to vanquish
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to defeat an enemy
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dubious
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doubtful
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forbear
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to refrain from doing something, to decide not to do something
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to evince
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show, indicate, reveal a quality
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impending
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about to happen, coming
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to prospect
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to search for minerals (like gold, silver)
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destined
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to stand him in good stead
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to be useful in the future
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loath to forgo
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to linger
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to stay around, to hang around
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ambitious
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alongside
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next to
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kindly disposed
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prone to
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an abashed country swain
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but one
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only one
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to veer
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to attain
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to reach a goal, to accomplish something
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famished
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starving
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cautiously
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to whirl on
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to attack
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longstanding
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to limp
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throw caution to the wind
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shrewd
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prodigious;
If they coould fast prodigiously, they could feed prodigiously.
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to bear, borne
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carry, convey, transfer
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tentative
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uncertain
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quandary
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state of uncertainty over a difficult situation
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