Text 6 - White Fang Flashcards
(41 cards)
1
Q
loath
A
reluctant
2
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forego
A
to leave without finishing
3
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ambitiously
A
eagerly, with effort
4
Q
appointed
A
nominated, selected, given
5
Q
disposed
A
willing, showing good temper
6
Q
abashed
A
humble, lower in rank
7
Q
swain
A
a male admirer or lover
8
Q
gaunt
A
underweight and bony from lack of food
9
Q
veering
A
changing direction or course
10
Q
repelled
A
driven or forced backwards
11
Q
jostled
A
shoved roughly
12
Q
wooing
A
trying to win or see the affection or love of someone
13
Q
repulse
A
repel, force away
14
Q
famished
A
extremely hungry
15
Q
vigour
A
energy
16
Q
precipitately
A
quickly
17
Q
haunches
A
hindquarters of an animal
18
Q
flanks
A
the side of an animal
19
Q
discomfiture
A
frustration of hopes or plans
20
Q
inexhaustible
A
can not be tired
21
Q
inertness
A
lifelessness
22
Q
devour
A
to swallow or eat with hunger
23
Q
palmated
A
shaped like an open palm
24
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foredoomed
A
doomed or condemned beforehand
25
prodigiously
enormously
26
famine
extreme hunger or starvation
27
remnant
small part of something leftover
28
dwindled
became less or fewer
29
mincing
acting dainty, nice, or elegant
30
placate
calm or quiet
31
beset
to hem in or surround
32
erstwhile
previous
33
vague
not clear or definite
34
carriage
appearance, look
35
rebuff
snub or rejection
36
condescended
did something that she thought was below her dignity
37
sage
wise
38
vanquished
beaten, overcome
39
writhed
twisted or bent out of shape
40
spasmodically
with bursts of excitement
41
coyly
timidly
