To Build A Fire

Front 1

acute

Back 1

Having a sharp point or tip.

Deep down below the surface he could feel it. The sensation developed into pain that grew _________.

Front 2

anticipation

Back 2

Fearful or uneasy anticipation of the future; dread.

As the twilight drew on, its eager yearning for the fire mastered it, and with a great lifting and shifting of forefeet, it whined softly, then flattened its ears down in ________ of being chidden by the man. But the man remained silent

Front 3

Immortality

Back 3

Endless life or existence.

It did not lead him to meditate upon his frailty as a creature of temperature, and upon man's frailty in general, able only to live within certain narrow limits of heat and cold; and from there on it did not lead him to the conjectural field of _______ and man's place in the universe.

Front 4

monotonously

Back 4

Sounded or spoken in an unvarying tone.

So he continued _______ to chew tobacco and to increase the length of his amber beard.

Front 5

Peremptorily

Back 5

Putting an end to all debate or action

His erect position in itself started to drive the webs of suspicion from the dog's mind; and when he spoke _________, with the sound of whip-lashes in his voice, the dog rendered its customary allegiance and came to him.

Front 6

Subdued

Back 6

To conquer and subjugate; vanquish.

It experienced a vague but menacing apprehension that _______ it and made it slink along at the man's heels, and that made it question eagerly every unwonted movement of the man as if expecting him to go into camp or to seek shelter somewhere and build a fire.

Front 7

Toil

Back 7

To labor continuously; work strenuously.

On the other hand, there was no keen intimacy between the dog and the man. The one was the _______-slave of the other, and the only caresses it had ever received were the caresses of the whip-lash and of harsh and menacing throat-sounds that threatened the whip-lash.

Front 8

Treacherous

Back 8

Marked by betrayal of perfidious.

He made a new foundation for a fire, this time in the open, where no _____ tree could blot it out.fidelity, confidence, or trust;

Front 9

Unwonted

Back 9

Not habitual or ordinary; unusual:

It experienced a vague but menacing apprehension that subdued it and made it slink along at the man's heels, and that made it question eagerly every ______ movement of the man as if expecting him to go into camp or to seek shelter somewhere and build a fire.

Front 10

Vague

Back 10

Not clearly expressed; inexplicit.

It experienced a _______ but menacing apprehension that subdued it and made it slink along at the man's heels, and that made it question eagerly every unwonted movement of the man as if expecting him to go into camp or to seek shelter somewhere and build a fire.