Nomadic

(adj.) relating to or characteristic of nomads or their way of life.

“Old longings nomadic leap,

Chafing at custom's chain;

Again from its brumal sleep

Wakens the ferine strain.”

Brumal

(adj.) characteristic of or relating to winter

“Again from its brumal sleep

Wakens the ferine strain.”

Ferine

Adj: Wild and menacing.

“Chafing at customs chain;

Wakens the ferine strain.”

Array

Noun: An orderly arrangement.

“There were great stables, where a dozen grooms and boys held forth, rows of vine-clad servants,

cottages and endless and orderly array of outhouses, long grape arbors, green pastures,

orchards, and berry patches.”

demesne

(Noun) Territory over which rule or control is

exercised.“…and over this great demesne Buck ruled.”

realm

(Noun) A domain in which something is dominant.

“The whole realm was his.”

Pg. 3 “Among the terriers he stalked

imperiously, and Toots and Ysabel he utterly

ignored, for he was king..”

(Adverb) In an imperious/commanding

manner

Pg. 4 “..he had lived the life of a sated

aristocrat; he had a fine pride in himself,

was even a trifle egotistical, as country

gentlemen sometimes become because of

their insular situation.”

(adj.) characteristic of having an

exaggerating sense of self

importance (thinks they are

the best)

P G . 6 “ H U N T I N G A N D K I N D R E D O U T D O O R D E L I G H T S H A D K E P T D O W N T H E FAT A N D H A R D E N E D ( B U C K ’ S )

M U S C L E S … ”

Kindred- the family or relatives of a person.

P G . 7 “ … T H E W A G E S O F A G A R D E N E R ’ S H E L P E R D O N O T L A P O V E R T H E N E E D S O F A W I F E A N D N U M E R O U S

P R O G E N Y.”

Progeny- the descendants or offspring between two or more people.

Treachery

(noun) betrayal of trust; deceptive action or nature

“….athletic club, on the memorable night of Manuel’s treachery. No one saw him and Buck go off through….”

Intimate

(verb) to indicate or make known indirectly; hint; imply; suggest.

“ He had merely intimated his displeasure, in his pride believing….”

(verb) to change strikingly the appearanceor character of

p.10 “His eyes turned blood shot, and he was metamorphosed into a raging fiend.”

(verb) to utter a soliloquy : talk to oneself

p.12 “’Answers to the name of Buck.’ the man soliloquized, quoting from the saloon keeper’s letter which had announced

the consignment of the crate and contents.”

Assail(verb) To attack someone physically or

emotionally

“They only laughed and poked sticks at him, which he promptly assailed with his teeth till he realized that was what they

wanted.”

Unbridled(adj.) Not restrained or controlled

“He opened his eyes, and into them came the unbridledanger of a kidnapped king.”

Latent

(adj.) remaining in an inactive or hidden phase; dormant

p. 12 “The facts of life took on a fierce aspect; and while he faced that aspect uncowed, he faced it with all the latent

cunning of his nature aroused.”

Dominion

(noun) the power or right of governing and controlling

p.12 “As the days went by, other dogs came, in crates and at the ends of ropes, some docilely, and some raging and roaring

as he had come; and, one and all, he watched them pass under thedominion of the man in the red sweater.”

Conciliated

( Verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

Page 12 “Also he saw one dog, that would neither conciliate nor obey, finally killed in the struggle for

mastery.”

Culprit

(Noun) someone who perpetrates wrongdoing

Page 14 “As Buck sprang to punish him, the lash

of Francois's whip sang through the air, reaching

the culprit first; and nothing remained to Buck but

to recover the bone.”