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Into the Wild Vocab Quiz #1
know spelling and defination-- matching
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English
11th Grade
12/16/2008

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unsullied
Definition
spotlessly clean or fresh
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meandered
Definition
to follow a winding and turning course
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escarpments
Definition
a steep slope or long cliff that resaults from erosion or fauling and seperates two areas from each other
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amalgam
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an alloy of mercury with another metal or metals
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derelict
Definition
left or deserted by the owner or gaurdian; abandoned
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anomaly
Definition
a diversion from the common rule, type, arrangement or form
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contumacious
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stubbornly perverse or rebellious; disobedient
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amphibious
Definition
living or able to live under the water
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environs
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the surrounding parts of cities; outskirts
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subcutaneous
Definition
situating or lying under the skin or tissue
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hyperkinetic
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an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm
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amiable
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having or showing pleasant, good matured personal qualities
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nomadic
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a member or group of people who have no fixed home and move according to season
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estranged
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displaying or evincing a feeling of alienation
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unencumbered
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not burdened with cares or responsibilites
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emancipated
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not constrained or respricted by costom tradition and superstition
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intermittent
Definition
to discontinue temporarly, suspendend
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emasculated
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to sasturate, to deprive of manhood
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indolently
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having or showing a dispostion to avoid exection
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oxymoronic
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a figure of speech by which a location produces an incongous self contrastions as cruel kindness
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