Call of the Wild (Set Three)
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Created by:
quizbandrews on October 21, 2010
Subjects:
language, english, literature, vocabulary words
Description:
This list of vocabulary words was created and given by Connections Academy Online Schools, SC.
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15 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 aurora borealis | the aurora of the northern hemisphere |
| barbarous | primitive in customs and culture |
| grub | a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects |
| inexorable | not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course |
| insubordination | an insubordinate act |
| paradox | (logic) a self-contradiction |
| perpendicular | intersecting at or forming right angles |
| plight | a solemn pledge of fidelity |
| precipitate | a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering |
| preeminent | greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement |
| rampant | unrestrained and violent |
| ration | the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel) |
| shirk | avoid dealing with |
| skulking | evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated |
| trice | a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat) |
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