Work on Vocabulary - Vol 1

8/13/2019 Work on Vocabulary - Vol 1

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Work on vocabularyfor

The Call of the Wild

Jack London


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Inexorable

Impossible to stop or prevent (Oxford Concise dict.)

Inevitable, unavoidable


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Unwonted

Unusual, unaccustomed (Oxford Concise dict.)

Being out of the ordinary


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Innocuous


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Pandemonium

Very noisy place / wild uproar or

noise

Synonym: Clamor


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Pandemonium

Synonyms:

tumult, Chaos

Source: Cambridge dictionnaries

online

Definition:

A situation in which there is a lot

of noise and confusion


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Stubbornetermined to do what you want and very unwilling to change your mind

Obstinate

EcstasyExtreme emotional feeling of very great happiness.

Rapture, frenzy


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Stubborn : determinated not to change your

opinion or attitude.

syn: obstinated, persistant


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Obdurate

Stubborn, obstinate

Stubbornly refusing to change onesopinion or course of action (Oxford dictionnary)


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Stubbornly refusing to change ones opinion or course of action :

Eg : I argued this point with him, but he was obdurate- Oxford Dictionary

Synonyms :

adamant, obstinate, inexorable,

set in stone.


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Dominant

Ascendant, superior

Having power and influence over others. (Oxford dictionnary)


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(of a young person) Inexperienced and immature :

Eg : Earnest and callow undergraduates

Teach him I can not. No patience the boy has.-Yoda

Synonyms : juvenility, immaturity


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Solidarity

Union of interests, purposes or sympathies among members

of a group


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Stubborn

To be firmly resolved or determined


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Stubborn

refusing to comply, agree, or give in

Obstinate, resolute


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Belligerent

Belligerent : in favor of fight ; person or country engaged in fighting of war.

Synonyms : combative, pugnacious, warring, litigious.


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Paradox an absurd or self-contradictory statement

Absurdity, inconsistency


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Ignominious

Causes Public shame or disgrace.

Synonym: Despicable

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Imperious

Imperious: expecting people to obey you and treating them as if they weren't as

important as you.


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Vicarious

VICARIOUS: (Oxford Dictionaries) 1. experienced in the imagination through the

feelings or actions of another person. 2. acting or done for another.

Synonyms : 1. empathetic. 2. delegated.

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Transient

TRANSIENT : (Oxford Dictionaries)adjectivelasting only for a short

time. noun1. a person who is staying or working in a place for a short

time only. 2. a momentary variation in current, voltage, or frenquency.

Synonym : impermanent, temporary, fugacious.

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