Chapter 16 — Vocabulary
White Fang by Jack London — key words and definitions
Vocabulary Words from Chapter 16
- invidious
- Likely to arouse resentment or anger in others; unfairly discriminating.
- forsooth
- In truth; indeed (often used ironically).
- antithesis
- A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.
- niggardly
- Not generous; stingy or meager in amount.
- parsimony
- Extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources; stinginess.
- prognathous
- Having a projecting lower jaw or chin.
- surcease
- Relief or cessation from something unpleasant.
- emanations
- Things that issue or spread out from a source; abstract qualities that seem to radiate from someone.
- deportment
- The way a person stands and walks; behavior or manner.
- malignantly
- In a manner showing intense ill will; with evil intent.
- morosely
- In a sullen, gloomy, and bad-tempered manner.
- stolidly
- In a calm, dependable way showing little emotion or animation.
- prodigious
- Remarkably great in extent, size, or degree.
- covetous
- Having or showing a great desire to possess something belonging to someone else.
- vindicated
- Showed or proved to be right, reasonable, or justified; here, expressed or asserted.
- unprecedented
- Never done or known before; without previous example.