call of the wild chapters 4-6 vocabulary. 1. obdurate (adj.) refusing to do what other people want :...
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1. Obdurate (adj.)• refusing to do what other people
want : not willing to change your opinion or the way you do something
Sentence from the book: Page 45
“Francois was obdurate, but when he turned his back Buck again displaced Sol-leks, who was not at all unwilling to go.”
2. feigned (verb)• a more formal way to say
pretend to or imitate; insincere
Sentence from the book: Page 55
“Pike, the malingerer, who, in his lifetime of deceit, had often successfully feigned a hurt leg, was not limping in earnest.”
3. Imploringly (adverb)• begging urgently; trying to
plead with someone for something.
Sentence from the book: Page 59
“Mercedes looked at them imploringly, untold repugnance (distaste) at sight of pain written in her pretty face.”
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The puppies looked at me imploringly, hoping that I would rescue them from the humane society.
4. voracious (adjective)• craving or consuming large
quantities of food; exceedingly eager.
• Sentence from the book: Page 63
“The Outside dogs, whose digestions had not been trained by chronic famine..., had voracious appetites.”
5. cajole (verb)• to persuade by flattery or
promises
• Sentence from the book: Page 63
“...Mercedes, with tears in her pretty eyes and a quaver in her throat, could not cajole him into giving the dogs still more...” .”
6. inarticulate (adj.)• incomprehensible, not
understandable
• Sentence from the book: Page 70
“...uttering a cry that was inarticulate and more like the cry of an animal, John Thornton sprang upon the man who wielded the club.”
7. shrewdly (adverb)• mentally sharp or clever; marked
by artful and cunning practices; tricky.
• Sentence from the book: Page 76
“So unexpected was it, and so shrewdly managed, that Spitz was hurled back- ward and off his feet.”
8. appalled (adj.)• feeling shocked and disappointed.
• Sentence from the book: Page 84
“Half a ton! The enormousness of it appalled him.”