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White Fang
Part III-The Bondage
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Language - English
6th Grade
01/25/2012

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bondage
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slavery
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to throng; The days were thronged with experiences for White Fang
(a throng)
Definition
to be present in large numbers (to fill, to crowd);((
a large, densely packed crowd
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contempt;
familiarity breeds contempt
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hatred
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vindicate
The more he came to know them, the more they vindicated their superiority.
Definition
prove true
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grief
Definition
intense sorrow (How you feel when someone dies.)
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destiny;
He is destined for greatness.
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the events that will happen to a particular person in the future;
a planned future
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to creep, crept
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to move cautiously, slowly so you are not seen or noticed
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bane;
He is the bane of my existence.
Definition
cause of great stress or annoyance
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to cow;
But the effect was not to cow him.
Definition
to cause someone to submit by intimidation
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to intimidate
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to frighten in order to make someone do what you want
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unsubdued;
His spirit remained unsubdued.
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not overcome, not conquered
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morose;
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sullen, bad tempered
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savage;
His temper became more savage under this unending persecution.
Definition
fierce, violent, unconrolled
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persecution
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persistent, prolonged hostility and ill-treatment
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cunning;
He became cunning, he had idle time in which to devote himself to thoughts of trickery.
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skilled at getting what you want by craftiness, deceit, trickery
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idle
Definition
not working or in use
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devote
Definition
give oneself fully
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to forage
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to look for food (usually in the wild)
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to devise
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to plan or invent
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to lure
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to draw, atract entice someone somewhere
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to hold one's own;
He barely held his own.
Definition
to keep your position of strength in a challenging, or difficult situation
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full tilt
Definition
at full speed
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to inveigle someone into something;
He had led his mother there step by step, and now he tried to inveigle her farther.
Definition
to persuade someone by flattery or deception
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forlorn
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sad and hopeless
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wrath, wrathfully
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anger, angrily
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to caress, caresses
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to touch gently, affectionately (to pet)
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to exact of someone
Obedience, rigid, undeviating obedience, was what was exacted of him.
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to require
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replete with
Definition
filled up with, full of
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