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8/13/2019 Work on Vocabulary - Vol Two
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Work on vocabularyfor
The Call of the Wild
Jack London
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Instructions
Pick 2 words / 2 slides
Give a short definition from a reputable dictionary
Give one synonym
Find an illustration
Sign your slide (first name only) in the Commentary box
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Carnivorous
(of an animal) feeding on other animals.
(of a plant) able to trap and digest small animals, especially
insects.
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Prostrate
Definition:
Lying face down, as in submission or adoration.
Lying flat or at full length.
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Prostrate
Definition:
Lying face down, as in submission or adoration.
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Prostrate
Lying streched out on the ground with one's
face downwards.(Oxford Dct)
reclining
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Swarthy
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Innocuous
Not harmful, not offensive
Syn. Harmless, safe, innocent
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Retrogression
To return to an earlier, inferior,or less complex condition.
Synonyms:
regress,retrograde,recidivate.
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Manifest
readily perceived by the eye orthe understanding, evident?
Synoyms: attest, apparent,obvious.
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Usurp
Take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force ( oxford dictionary )
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Solidarity
Unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among individuals with acommon interest; mutual support within a group (oxford dictionary )
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Indecisively
Adj:
Not able to make
decisions quicklyand effectively
Not settling an
issue (Oxford
dictionnary)
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Salient
Adj.:
Most noticeable or important.
(of an angle) pointing outwards
(of an animal) standing on its hindlegs with forepaws raised as if
leaping
Noun:
a piece of land or section of
fortification that juts out to forman angle
an outward bulge in a military line
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Fastidious
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Insidious
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Treacherous
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Primordial
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Introspective
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Rampant
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Malingerer
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Obdurate
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Precipitated
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Prostrate
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Primeval
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Despatches
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To aver
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Plainly
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Discomfited
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Gratifying
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Inarticulate
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Monosyllabic
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Pell-Mell
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To seize
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Peremptorily
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Pertinacity
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Prowess
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Superfluous