Correct vocabulary homework.

Vocabulary Pretest. You will use words more than once.
imperative, ignominious, appease, disconsolate, indiscretion, cadence, wheedle, inexorable, insidious, paradox

1. Billie tried to __________ Spitz's anger by wagging his tail and whining.
2. "Of this offense Buck was unwittingly guilty, and the first knowledge he had of his ___________ was when  Sol-leks whirled upon him and slashed his shoulder to the bone for three inches up and down."
3. Addiction usually occurs __________(ly), progressing little by little.
4. (2) Second period ___________(ed) an extra day for the assignment out of Mr. Coward, by _____________(ing) his anger by being silent for more than 30 seconds.
5. "There was an __________ need to be constantly alert; for these dogs and men were not town dogs and men. They were savages, all of them; who knew no law but the law of club and fang."
6. They "bombarded him with curses and cooking utensils, till he recovered from his consternation and fled __________(ly) into the cold." He was humiliated and angry.
7. Time is ____________.
8. "Left, left, left, right, left!" The drill sergeant counted the ___________ for the new recruits as they marched.
9. A person from the island of Crete asserts, "All Cretans are liars." This is an example of a __________.
10. "He lay down on the snow and attempted to sleep, but the frost soon drove him shivering to his feet. Miserable and _____________, he wandered about among the many tents, only to find that one place was as cold as another."

COW (25) Match the dog with the description.You will obviously use dogs more than once.
Curly, Dave, Billee, Joe, Sol Leks, Spitz, Buck

1. tried to sleep in Francois's and Perrault's tent.
2. dead.
3. (3) introverted.
4. even from the start Spitz left him alone.
5. one-eyed.
6. too nice.
7. (2) "asked nothing, gave nothing, expected nothing..."
8. so scary-looking that even Spitz finally left him alone.
9. lead dog pulling the sled.
10. had a "perpetual snarl and a malignant eye."
11. (2) "utterly transformed by the harness."
12. unwittingly taught Buck how to sleep in the snow.
13. (2) Buck was placed between them in order that he might be taught by them.
14. received a bigger ration of fish than the other dogs each day.
15. quickly learned how to steal food

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16. (5) List 5 of the changes in Buck (physical, mental, skills) by the end of Chapter 2.

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