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Call of the Wild by Jack London
Buck
1. veranda a large, open porch, usually roofed and partly enclosed, as by a railing, often extending across the front and sides of a house. 2. artesian well a well in which water rises under pressure from a permeable stratum overlaid by impermeable rock. 3. egotistical given to talking about oneself; vain; boastful; opinionated. 2. indifferent to the well-being of others. 4. progeny a descendant or offspring, as a child, plant or animal. 5. eloquently having or exercising the power of fluent, forceful, and appropriate speech. 2. characterized by forceful and appropriate expression. 6. metamorphosed to change the form or nature of; transform. 2. any complete change in appearance, character, circumstances, etc. 7. ferocity a ferocious quality or state. 2. savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action. 8. soliloquized (soliloquize) to utter a soliloquy, to speak to oneself. 2. an utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself or herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present. 9. docilely (docile) easily managed or handled. 2. readily trained or taught, teachable. 10. conciliate to overcome the distrust or hostility of, placate; win over. 2. to win or gain(goodwill, favor, regard). 11. impartial not partial or biased; fair; just.
1. vicarious taking the place of another person or thing; acting or serving as a substitute. 2. obedience obeying or willing to obey; complying with or submissive to authority. 3. introspective (intropesction) observation or examination of one's own mental and emotional state, the act of looking within oneself. 4. perpetual continuing or enduring forever, everlasting. 2. lasting an indefinitely long time. 5. malignant disposed to to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred. 2. very dangerous or harmful in influence or effect. 6. appeasement (appease) to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm or contentment; pacify; soothe. 7. diabolically (diabolical) having the qualities of a devil; devilish; fiendish; outrageously wicked. 8. peculiarity a trait , manner, characteristic, or habit that is odd or unusual. 9. consternation a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion. 10. ignominiously (ignominy) disgrace; dishonor; public contempt. 2. shameful or dishonorable quality or conduct or an instance of this. 11. placatingly (placate) to appease or pacify by consessions or conciliatory gestures. 2. to quiet or calm. 12. adruous requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult. 2. requiring or using much energy and vigor. 3. hard to climb, steep. 13. indispensable absolutely necessary, essential. 2. incapable of being disregarded or neglected. 14. fastidiousness (fastidious) excessively particular, critica, or demanding; hard to please. 2. requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy; painstaking. 15. retrogression movement backwards, degeneration, decline.
Spitz
1. primordial constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elemetary. 2. pertaining to or existing from the very beginning. 2. precipitate to hasten the occurence of; bring about prematurely 2. to cast down headlong; fling or hurl down. to fall to the earth's surface as a condensed form of water; to rain, snow, hail or drizzle. 3. perpendicular vertical; straight up and down; upright. 2. meeting a given line or surface at right angles. 3. maintaining a standing or upright position; standing up. 4. pandemonium wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos. 2. the abode of all demons. 5. adversary a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe. 6. maruders (maraud) to roam or go around in quest of plunder. 2. to raid for plunder 7. dubiously (dubious) doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt. 2. of doubtful quality or propriety; questionable. 3. wavering or hestitating in opinion. 8. weazened out of or short of breath, gasping for air. 10. preeminently eminent above or before others; superior; surpassing. 2. to project forward, be prominent. 11. vexation (vex) to irrate; annoy; provoke. 2. to torment; trouble; distress; plague;worry. 3 the state being vexed. 12. misdemeanors a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony. 2. an instance of misbehavior; misdeed. 13. malingerer (malinger) to pretend illness, esp. in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work.. 14. prostrate to cast oneself face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration. 2. to lay flat, as on the ground. 15. insubordination (insubordinate) not submitting to authority; disobedient. 16. apprehension anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil. 2. acceptance of or receptivity to information without passing judgement on its validity, often without complete comprehension. 17. nocturnal of or pertaining to the night. 2. done, occuring, or coming at night. 3. active at night. 18. auroa borealis the auroa of the Nothern Hemisphere. Also called the Northern Lights. dancing lights appearing in the Northern skies at night. 19. articulate uttered clearly in distinct syllables. 2. capable of speech. 3. using language easily and fluently. 4. expressed, formulated, or presented with clarity. 20. travail painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil. 2. pain, anguish or suffering resulting from mental or physical hardship. 21. insidious intended to entrap or beguile. 2. stealthily treacherous or deceitful. 3. operating or proceeding in an inconspicuous or seemingly harmless way but actually with grave effect. 22. meancingly (menance) something that threatens to cause evil or harm, injury, etc. a threat. 2. a person whose actions, attitudes, or ideas are considered dangerous of harmful. 23. bedlam a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion. 24. barbourous uncivilized; wild; savagecrude. 2. savagely cruel or harsh. 25. ecstasy rapturous delight. 2. an overpowering emotion or exaltation; a state of sudden intense feeling. 3. delight, bliss, elation. 26. exultantly (exultant) elated; jubuliant; triumphant. 27 inexorable unyielding; unalterable. 2. not to be persuaded, moved or affected by prayers or treaties.
Francois
1. obdurate unmoved by persuassion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding. 2. stubbornly resistant to moral influence. 2. celerity swiftness, speed. 3.monotonous lacking in variety; tediously unvarying. 4. resiliency (resilience) the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc. after having been bent or compressed. 2. ability to recover readily from an illness, depression, adversity or the like. 5. morose gloomily or sullenly illhumored, as a person or a mood. 2. characterized by or expressing gloom. 6. lugubriously mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated or unrelieved manner. 7. exertion various action or effort. 2. an effort. 3. exercise as of power or faculties. 8. perplexed bewildered; puzzled. 2. complicated; involved; entangled.
Buck and John Thorton
1. recuperation (recuperate) to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength. 2. callowness (callow) immature; inexperienced. 3. slovenly untidy or unclean in appearence or habits. 4. remonstrance (remonstrate) to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval. 2. to present reasons in complaint. 5. imploringly (implore) to beg urgently or piteously as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat. 6. repugnance strong distaste, aversion or objection; antipathy. 2. hatred, hostility. 7. frantically (frantic) desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain. 8. inexorable unyielding; unalterable. 2. not to be persuaded or moved. 9. superflous being more than is sufficient or required; excessive. 2. unnecessary or needless. 10. formidable causing fear, apprehension or dread. 2. of discouraging or awesome strength. 3. of great strength; forceful; powerful. 11. indeterminate not precisely fixed in extent; indefinite; uncertain. 2. not clear, vague. 3. not established. 12. cajole to persuade by flattery or promises; coax. 13. incompetence (incompetent) lacking qualification or ability; incapable. 14. amenities (amenity) an agreeable way or manner; courtesy; civility. 2. any feature that provides comfort. 15. copious large in quanity or amount; plentiful; abundant. 2. having or yielding an abundant supply. 16. chivalrously (chivalry) the sum of the ideal qualifications of a knight, including courtesy, geneorosity, valor, and dexterity in arms. 17. prerogative an exclusive right, priviledge exercised by virtue ofrank, right or priviledge. 2. a right or priviledge limited to a specific person, or group of persons. 18. perambulatory (perambulate) to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse. 2. to traverse in order to examine or inspect. 19. innocuously (innocuos) not harmful or injurious; harmless. 2. not likely to offend or irritate; inoffensive. 20. monosyllabic having only one syllable, as the word no. 2. having a vocaulary composed primarily of monosyllables or short simple words. 21. irresolutely (irresolue) not resolute; doubtful; infirm of purpose; vacillating.
1. ministrations (ministrartion) the act of ministering care, aid, religious service. 2. convalesence the gradual recovery of health and strength after an illness. 3. pompous characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance. 2. self-important. 4. mandate a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate. 2. an authoratative command or order. 5. peremptorily (peremptory) leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative. 2. positive or assertive in speech, tone, manner. 6. malicious vicious, wanton, spiteful in motivation or purpose. 7. contagion the communication of disease by direct or indirect contact. 2. the medium by which a disease is communicated. 8. incoherent without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling.
1. melancholy a gloomy state of mind, esp. when habitual or prolonged; depression. 2. sober thoughtfulness; sadness. 2. obliterated (obliterate) to remove or destroy all traces; do away with completely; blot out. 3. salient prominent or conspicuous. 2. projecting or pointing outward. 3. leaping or jumping. 4. vigilant keenly watchful to detect danger; wary. 5. tangible capable of being touched; discernable by touch; material or substantial. 2. real or actual, rather than imaginary. 6. unwonted not custumary or usual; rare. 7. pertinacity (pertinacious) steadfast; stubborn. 2. holding to a purpose; persistence. 8. imperiously (imperious) domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing. 2. urgent. 9. vigils (vigil) wakefulness maintained for any reason during the normal hours for sleeping. 2. a watch or period of watchful attention maintained at night or at any other time. 10. latent present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; exisiting as potential. 2. remaining in an inactive or hidden phase; dormant. 11. virility (virile) characteristic of manliness or befitting man, mainly strength; masculine qualities. 12. equilibrium a stae of rest or balance due to the equal action ofopposing forces. 2. equal balance between any powers or influences. 13. infinitesimal indefinitely or exceedingly small; minute. 2. immeasurably small. 14. asunder into seperate parts; in or into pieces. 15. paroxysm any sudden, violent outburst, a fit of violent action or emotion. 2. a severe attack or sudden increase in intensity of a disease, usually recurring periodically. 16. ambuscade an ambush. 2. to attack from a concealed position. 17. palpitant (palpitate) to pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion. 2. to pulstae, quiver, throb or tremble. 18. usurp to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right. 2. to use without authority or right; employ wrongfully. 19. incarnate embodied in the flesh; given a body. 2. personified or typified, as a quality or idea. 20. cessation a temporary or a complete stopping; discontinuance Jack London Biography. Jack Griffith London was born in San Francisco on January 12,1876 and died on his ranch near Sonoma, California on November 22, 1916. From 1900 to 1910 London was the most prominent and successful writer in America. He wrote rugged tales of strong individuals involved in conflict with one another or with the environment they found themselves in. London was intrigued by the primal laws of nature and the majority of his stories and novels explore the struggle for existence among animals and humans in nature. Born illegitimately London took his stepfather's name. He grew up in extreme poverty in the slums of Oakland where he became a gang leader on the docks while still in his teens. London signed on with a sealing ship bound for the North Pacific at 17. He next spent time as a hobo, and served thirty days in jail for vagrancy. The time in jail had a profound effect on London and he returned to high school supporting himself by working in canneries. He also read his way through the Oakland Public library. He recorded his struggle to become a writer in his autobiographical novel, Martin Eden (1909). At the peak of his success London was working sixteen hours a day. He would spend the mornings writing a minimum of 1,500 words. After lunch he would go to the public library where he would pore over the literary magazines analyzing the construction, the dialogue and the characters of each story. He would find ways to use the strengths of these stories in his own work. He would spend evenings reading the classics late into the night.
Jack London writing at his ranch.
1. The Son of the Wolf. 1900 2. The God of His Fathers. 1901 3. Children of the Frost. 1902 4. The Cruise of the Dazzler. 1902 5. A Daughter of the Snows. 1902 6. The Kempton-Wace Letters. 1903 Co-authored with Anna Strunsky 7. The Call of the Wild. 1903 8.The People of the Abyss. 1903 A sociological study of the slums of London. 9. The Faith of Men. 1904 10.The Sea Wolf. 1904 11. The War of the Classes. 1905 12. The Game. 1905 13. Tales of the Fish Patrol. 1905 14. Moon-Face and Other Stories. 1906 15. White Fang. 1906 16. Scorn of Women. 1906 17. Before Adam. 1907 18. Love of Life and Other Stories. 1907 19. The Road. 1907 20. The Iron Heel. 1908 21. Martin Eden. 1909 22. Lost Face. 1910 23. Revolution and Other Essays. 1910 24. Burning Daylight. 1910 25. Theft. 1910 26. When God Laughs and Other Stories. 1911 27. Adventure.1911 28. The Cruise of the Snark. 1911 29. South Sea Tales. 1911 30. The House of Pride. 1912 31. A Son of the Sun. 1912 32. Smoke Bellew. 1912 33. The Night Born. 1913 34. The Abysmal Brute. 1913 35. John Barleycorn. 1913 36. The Valley of the Moon. 1913 37. The Strength of the Strong. 1914 38. The Mutiny of the Elsinore. 1914 39. The Scarlet Plague. 1915 40. The Star Rover. 1915 41. The Acorn Planter. 1916 42. The Little Lady of the Big House. 1916 43. The Turtles of Tasman. 1916 44. The Human Drift. 1917 45. Jerry of the Islands. 1917 46. Michael, Brother of Jerry. 1917 47. The Red One. 1918 48. On the Makaloa Mat. 1919. 49. Hearts of Three. 1920 50. Dutch Courage and Other Stories. 1922
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