Chapter 19 — Vocabulary
White Fang by Jack London — key words and definitions
Vocabulary Words from Chapter 19
- indomitable (adjective)
- Impossible to subdue or defeat; unconquerable.
- sundry (adjective)
- Of various kinds; several; miscellaneous.
- unprecedented (adjective)
- Never done or known before; without previous example.
- insatiable (adjective)
- Impossible to satisfy; always wanting more.
- malignant (adjective)
- Showing intense ill will; disposed to cause harm or suffering.
- incredulously (adverb)
- In a manner showing unwillingness or inability to believe something.
- antipathy (noun)
- A deep-seated feeling of aversion or hostility.
- perpetrated (verb)
- Carried out or committed (typically a harmful or illegal act).
- oblivious (adjective)
- Not aware of or not concerned about what is happening around one.
- ferocious (adjective)
- Savagely fierce, cruel, or violent.
- devilry (noun)
- Wicked activity; evil magic or behavior.
- sheer off (verb phrase)
- To swerve or deviate from a course; to move away.
- assailed (verb)
- Attacked violently; made a physical assault upon.
- culmination (noun)
- The highest or climactic point of something; the final result.
- dog-musher (noun)
- A person who drives a dog sled; a handler of sled dogs.
- menacingly (adverb)
- In a way that suggests the presence of danger; threateningly.