TNCA 9th Unit 3 The Call of the Wild Vocab

metamorphosis

• To defend or protect

• A transformation or dramatic change

• The rear legs of various four legged animals

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

appeasement

• Very attentive to details

• To avoid or get out of doing

• To give in to something in order to avoid conflict

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

chivalrous

• Having honor, loyalty, courtesy

• Meat or flesh eating

• Unreasonable; cannot be supported by evidence

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

gaunt

• Very attentive to details

• Looking starved

• Never changing; dull and boring

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

shirk

• To avoid or get out of doing

• To move stealthily or secretly

• Commanding or dominant

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

hindquarters

• Someone who deliberately avoids work; lazy

• The rear legs of various four legged animals

• Meat or flesh eating

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

malingerer

• A transformation or dramatic change

• Someone who deliberately avoids work; lazy

• Returning to an older state of mind

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

imperious

• Full of self worth; arrogant

• Being particularly good at something; showing expertise

• Never changing; dull and boring

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

skulk

• To move stealthily or secretly

• Commanding or dominant

• Unreasonable; cannot be supported by evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

oaths

• To defend or protect

• Expressing emotions, often through promises

• Refusing to obey

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3