Call of the wild vocab 5 to 7 Flashcards

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Most noticable or important

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Salient

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2
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Inexpeirenced or immature

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Callow

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3
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Cannot be explored or discovered

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Inexplorable

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4
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Unnecessary, especially through being more than enough

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Superfluous

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5
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State or assert to be the case

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Averred

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6
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Tired, bored, lacking enthusiasm

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Jaded

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7
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Wanting or devouring great amounts of food

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Voracious

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8
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Shake or tremble in speaking

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Quaver

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9
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Persuade someone to do something by coaxing or flattering

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Cajole

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10
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Something that helps to provide comfort

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Ameneties

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11
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Abundant in supply or quantity

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Copious

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12
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A special right or privilege given due to rank or position

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Prerogative

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13
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Harass someone persistently for or to do something

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Importuned

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14
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Showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others

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Callous

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15
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Walk or travel though or around a place or area, especially for pleasure in a leisurely way.

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Perambulating

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16
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The quality of being convienant and practiced despite being immoral

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Expediency

17
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fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.

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eloquent

18
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full of energy and enthusiasm.

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vibrant

19
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​in a way that allows no discussion or possibility of refusing.

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peremptory

20
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in an unpleasantly proud way and expecting to be obeyed

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imperiously

21
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overly large or abundant; excessive

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plethoric

22
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the communication of disease from one person to another by close contact.

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contagion

23
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a magic incantation or spell

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conjuration

24
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unaccustomed or unusual.

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unwonted

25
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holding firmly to an opinion or a course of action.

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pertinacious

26
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skill or expertise in a particular activity or field.

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prowess

27
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extremely small.

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Infinitesimal

28
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especially of something unwelcome or unpleasant) flourishing or spreading unchecked.

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rampant

29
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(of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked.

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wanton

30
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a place, typically a large, deep pit, from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted.

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quarry

31
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a sudden attack or violent expression of a particular emotion or activity.

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paroxysm

32
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an ambush

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ambuscade

33
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palpitating, marked by trembling or throbbing.

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palpitant

34
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absolute certainty or conviction that something is the case.

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certitude

35
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a distinct outgrowth on a human or animal body or on a plant, especially one that is the result of disease or abnormality

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excrescence

36
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(especially of a deity or spirit) embodied in flesh; in human form.

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incarnate