Text 6 - White Fang Flashcards by Krysten Smith | Brainscape

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loath

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reluctant

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forego

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to leave without finishing

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ambitiously

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eagerly, with effort

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appointed

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nominated, selected, given

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disposed

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willing, showing good temper

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abashed

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humble, lower in rank

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swain

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a male admirer or lover

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gaunt

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underweight and bony from lack of food

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veering

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changing direction or course

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repelled

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driven or forced backwards

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jostled

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shoved roughly

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wooing

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trying to win or see the affection or love of someone

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repulse

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repel, force away

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famished

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extremely hungry

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vigour

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energy

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precipitately

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quickly

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haunches

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hindquarters of an animal

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flanks

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the side of an animal

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discomfiture

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frustration of hopes or plans

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inexhaustible

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can not be tired

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inertness

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lifelessness

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devour

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to swallow or eat with hunger

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palmated

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shaped like an open palm

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foredoomed

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doomed or condemned beforehand

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prodigiously

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enormously

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famine

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extreme hunger or starvation

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remnant

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small part of something leftover

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dwindled

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became less or fewer

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mincing

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acting dainty, nice, or elegant

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placate

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calm or quiet

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beset

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to hem in or surround

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erstwhile

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previous

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vague

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not clear or definite

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carriage

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appearance, look

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rebuff

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snub or rejection

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condescended

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did something that she thought was below her dignity

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sage

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wise

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vanquished

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beaten, overcome

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writhed

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twisted or bent out of shape

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spasmodically

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with bursts of excitement

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coyly

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timidly