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Call of the Wild Vocabulary
Match the word with its definition or synonym(s).
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| conciliate | make friends with |
| docilely | yielding to treatment or handling |
| genial | friendly |
| impending | likely or due to happen |
| insular | isolated; detached |
| progeny | children |
| prowess | superior ability |
| sated | hunger fully satisfied |
| wheedle | coax, beg |
| cadence | beat or rhythm of movement |
| jugular | artery in the neck |
| pre-eminently | dominantly, with distinction |
| insubordination | disobedience |
| wan | pale, pallid, sallow |
| lugubriously | sadly, mournfully |
| slovenly | sloppily, carelessly |
| repugnance | repulsion,aversion, extreme dislike |
| superfluous | unnecessary, excessive |
| amenities | niceties, comforts |
| primordial | primitive, primal, prehistoric |
| primeval | ancient, primordial, primitive |
| belie | mislead, deceive |
| discomfit | thwart, foil, frustrate, prevent |
| imperious | domineering, overbearing, tyrannical |
| heralded | announced, proclaimed |
| latent | dormant, embryonic, undeveloped |
| imperative | vital, urgent, crucial |
| belligerent | aggressive, confrontational, quarrelsome |
| inexorable | unalterable, unstoppable, inevitable |
| morose | miserable, glum, depressed |
| feigned | pretended, contrived |
| taut | tight, rigid |
| orthodox | conventional, traditional, accepted |
| inarticulate | incoherent, speechless, mumbling |
| waxed | expanded, enlarged, grew |
| usurp | commandeer, grab, take over |
| veranda | porch, terrace, portico |
| lacerated | slashed, tore, cut, sliced |
| famished | ravenous, hungry, starved |
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