Chapter 4-7 Call of the Wild Vocab

Question 1

celerity

Answer 1

swiftness/quickness of movement

Question 2

lugubrious

Answer 2

looking or sounding sad/morose or dismal

Question 3

exertion

Answer 3

physical or mental effort

Question 4

chaffering

Answer 4

to haggle/bargain over terms of agreement or the price of something

Question 5

salient

Answer 5

most noticeable or important

Question 6

slovenly

Answer 6

messy, untidy, dirty, disheveled

Question 7

chivalrous

Answer 7

courteous, honorable, gallant

Question 8

grit

Answer 8

firmness of character; having an indomitable, genuine spirit

Question 9

virility

Answer 9

having the quality of strength, energy, masculinity

Question 10

conjuration

Answer 10

the act of calling or invoking, usually implying magic

Question 11

wirthing

Answer 11

to twist and squirm about as if in pain or in a violent manner

Question 12

pertinacity

Answer 12

persistence

Question 13

coy

Answer 13

shy, reluctant, reserved, usually in a sly manner intended

Question 14

sombre/somber

Answer 14

dark or dull in color or tone; gloomy

Question 15

gorge

Answer 15

a narrow and steep valley between hills or mountains, or to eat a large amount greedily

Question 16

imperiously

Answer 16

domineering in a dictatorial way or being overbearing; urgent, imperative

Question 17

palpitant

Answer 17

usually of an abnormally rapid or violent beating of the heart

Question 18

pell-mell

Answer 18

of a confused, jumbled, reckless, disorderly manner