Jack London: "To Build a Fire" - Vocab

Question 1

intangible

Answer 1

• adjective

- not easily defined or evaluated by the mind

Question 2

immortality

Answer 2

• noun

- the condition of having eternal life

Question 3

compel

Answer 3

• verb

- to force; to influence; to convince

Question 4

intervene

Answer 4

• verb

- to come or lie between

Question 5

apathetically

Answer 5

• adverb

- a display meant to impress others; boastful showiness

Question 6

incorrect vocab

Answer 6

• mark jumped apathetically into the water, in spite of the dangers, to save the sinking man
• the little deer slid slowly into the steep intervene between the two mountains
• by the time we got the vacuum cleaner out, the spill on the floor was an intangible mess
• it was necessary to compel all the leaves into a pile before I could scoop them up
• sid nervously went to intervene for his very first job interview
• one of the reasons for the decline of Rome was the immortality of its citizens
• there was a sense of immortality in the winter air, with tress and grass all brown and dead