CALL OF THE WILD Vocabulary 1

A main branch of a tree

• bough

• avow

• durst

• stoop

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

disaster; deep trouble or misery

• obliterated

• usurp

• salient

• calamity

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Synonym for vast

• speedy

• large

• microscopic

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.L.8.6

to return evil for evil

• bestow
• retaliate
• befall
• designate

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

messy, sloppy

• trite

• unkempt

• zealot

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

A kennel is a shelter for wild animals.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.4

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune.

• Tallow

• Impending

• Assail

• Calamity

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

change in outward structure or looks.

• Calamity

• Conciliate

• Wrench

• Metamorphose

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

the property of being aggressive or forceful.

• Metamorphosed

• Ferocity

• Wrench

• Conciliate

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

The couple's ___________ were all tested for the illness as soon as they were born.

• progeny

• league

• generation

• genealogy

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A