The Call of the Wild Vocabulary
Across
- 1. belonging to or so evil as to recall the Devil
- 3. involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring
- 4. experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person
- 7. feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected
- 8. without comfort, unhappy
- 12. a messenger who transports goods or documents
- 13. hostile and aggressive
- 15. the action or process of pacifying or placating someone by acceding to their demands
- 17. British spelling of draft: a current of cool air in a room or other confined space
- 18. very virulent or infectious
- 20. of or resembling the earliest ages in the history of the world
- 21. an innate, typically fixed pattern of behavior in animals in response to certain stimuli
- 23. a brilliant red color
- 24. the state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect
Down
- 2. a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something
- 5. absolutely necessary
- 6. behavior or speech that displays a lack of good judgment
- 9. a stupid or careless mistake
- 10. of vital importance, crucial
- 11. pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely
- 14. purpose, reason
- 16. existing at or from the beginning of time; primeval
- 19. a sudden powerful forward or upward movement, especially by a crowd or by a natural force such as the waves or tide
- 22. a modulation or inflection of the voice