The Call of the Wild Vocabulary
· Listed below are vocabulary words from the chapters 1-3 of The Call of the Wild.
· The page numbers where they appear in the book are in parentheses.
· You will need to find the your words in the book and read them in context in order to identify the correct part of speech and the correct definition.
· Definitions that include forms of the word are not acceptable. You will need to restate the definition so that it does not include a form of the word you are defining.
· Please choose words that do not know or are less familiar to you.
Some clues to parts of speech :
Nouns Verbs
-tion/ion actions
-ness words ending in –ed or –ing are often verbs (but also
a and t he point to nouns could be verbs acting as adjectives or nouns)
to + action = infinitive form of verb
-ize
Adjectives Adverbs
-ous -ly (when removing –ly still makes sense)
-ent
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3
imperiously (6) imperative (26) primordial (43)
insular (6) vicarious (26) precipitate (44, 61)
progeny (7) draught (28) loath (45)
intimate (8) malignant (29) pandemonium (46)
impending (10) appeasingly (29) gaunt (46)
calamity (10) belligerent (29) malingerer (47)
wax (12) unwittingly (30) goad (47)
divine (13) ignominiously (31) contemplation (49)
exquisite (15) placatingly (32) dubiously (49)
ferocity (15) arduous (32) weazened (50)
solilioquize (16) spasmodically (33) preeminently (54)
uncowed (17) ravenous (36) abjectly (56)
wheedling (17) fastidiousness (37) prostrate (56)
uncouth (18) retrogression (39) ordained (57)
morose (20) conspicuous (39) vexation (59)
primeval (40)