Wednesday, 1/28/04 -- Eighth Grade
Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest. malinger, intimate, progeny, conciliate, bode, pent, vicarious, docile
You will use words more than once.
  1. Buck was ___________ for the men he respected, but vicious with those who mistreated him.
  2. To Buck, "a man with a club was a lawgiver, a master to be obeyed, though not necessarily _____________(ed)."
  3. His _______ anger burst forth like water from a broken dam.
  4. "Straight at the man he launched his 140 pounds of fury, surcharged with the _______ passion of two days and nights.
  5. There was no use for _________(ing) dogs in the Yukon. A dog had to pull his weight, so to speak.
  6. Buck _________(ed) his displeasure at being leashed by growling.
  7. "...the wages of a gardener's helper do not lap over the needs of a wife and numerous ______."
  8. Reading romance novels gave the lonely old woman a ___________ thrill.
  9. "...during those two days and nights of torment, he accumulated a fund of wrath that ________(ed) ill for whoever first fell afoul of him."
  10. "...other dogs came, in crates and at the ends of ropes, some _______(ly), and some raging and roaring as he had come."
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  1. (quote) What excuse does the man on the train give to the baggage handler for Buck's attack on him?
  2. (4) What four modes of transportation does Buck take to get Seattle?
  3. (2) For two days on the last mode of transportation, Buck didn't _______ or ________.
  4. (quote) What was the reaction of the four men who carried Buck's crate, when the man in the red sweater opened it?
  5. (quote) What nickname does the man in the red sweater give Buck?


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