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Into the Wild Vocabulary
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English
11th Grade
01/06/2011

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Muskeg
Definition
A bog of Norther America
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Unsullied
Definition
Not stained or tarnished
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Sonorous
Definition
giving out or capable of giving sound
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Meander
Definition
to proceed or take a winding or indirect couse
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Flinty
Definition
composed of, containing, or resembling flint
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Escarpments
Definition
a long, precipitous, cliff-like ridge or land or rock
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Trough
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A long, narrow, open rectangular shape to hold water for animals
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Amalgam
Definition
an alloy of mercury with other metals
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Antimony(claims)
Definition
a brittle, lustrous, white metallic element occurring in nature free of combined
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Permafrost
Definition
ground that is permenately frozen
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Derelict
Definition
left or deserted as by owner or guardian
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Oxidized
Definition
combined with oxygen
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Anomaly
Definition
A deviation from the common rule
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Subcutaneous
Definition
underneath the skin
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Contumacious
Definition
Willfully disobedient
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Ramparts
Definition
a broad elevation or mound of earth raised as a fornication
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Hyperkinetic
Definition
Increased muscular movement
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Itinerant
Definition
Traveling from place to place, especially to perform work
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Rubber tramps: (n)
Definition
A person who lives in and creeps around a vehicle that looks like it is barely held together with rubber bands.
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Leather Tramps: (n)
Definition
A person who lives a nomadic life but travels by way of hitchhiking their way across country.
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Estranged: (v)
Definition
To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations
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Nomadic: (adj)
Definition
A person with no fixed residence who roams about.
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Encumbered: (v)
Definition
To hinder of or impede the action or performance of.; to burden
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Emancipated: (v)
Definition
To free from bondage or restraint; to release (a child) from the control of a parent or guardian.
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Amphibious: (adj)
Definition
Able to operate on both land and water
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Lumpen
Definition
of or pertaining to disfranchised and uprooted indivduals
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Garrulous
Definition
excessively talkitive in a rambling
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Denuded
Definition
to make naked or bare
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Anachronistic
Definition
the representation of a person/place/event in a historical context in which is could not have occured
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Hegira
Definition
a flight or a journey to a more desirable place
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Desiccated
Definition
dehydrated or powdered
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Harangues
Definition
a scolding or a long intense verbal attack
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Unalloyed
Definition
to no be mixed with other natural metals
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Ambled
Definition
to walk slowly
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Surfeit
Definition
an excessive amount
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Conjecture
Definition
the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence or proof
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Astute
Definition
or keen penetration or discernment; sagacious
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Ambivalence
Definition
uncertainty or fluctuation
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Opprobrium
Definition
the disgrace or the approach incurred by conduct considered outrageously scornful
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Opined
Definition
to hold or express opinion
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Epistle
Definition
a formal letter
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Recondite
Definition
Dealing with a difficult subject matter
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Eremitic
Definition
a hermit or a recluse
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Sodden
Definition
soaked with liquid
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Banalities
Definition
devoid of freshness or originality
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Petroglyphs:
Definition
n.  A carving or line drawing on rock, especially one made by prehistoric people.
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gulch:
Definition
n. deep, narrow ravine, esp. one marking the course of a stream or torrent.
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ephemeral:
Definition
Adj. lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory
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maidenhair:
Definition
n. A type of fern; plant
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emblazoned:
Definition
To inscribe (a prominent marking) on a surface: emblazon a cross on a banner.
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emblazoned:
Definition
To inscribe (a prominent marking) on a surface: emblazon a cross on a banner.
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insinuated:
Definition
to bring or introduce into a position or relation by indirect or artful methods: to insinuate oneself into favor.
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Stratum
Definition
a layer of material naturally or artificially formed
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Gaunt:
Definition
extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture
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Taciturn: (adj)
Definition
disinclined to talk
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Scudding
Definition
to move or run swiftly especially as if driven forward
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rapt: (adj)
Definition
Wholly absorbed
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arcane: (adj)
Definition
Secret, mysterious
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eminence: (n)
Definition
a position of prominence or superiority
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cadence: (n)
Definition
a falling inflection of the voice
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whence: (adv)
Definition
from what place, source, or cause
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mercurial: (adj)
Definition
characterized by rapid and unpredictable changeableness of mood
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chastened: (transitive verb)
Definition
to cause to be more humble or restrained
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trajectory: (n)
Definition
a path, progression, or line of development
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vagaries:
Definition
an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion
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Loathe: (transitive verb)
Definition
to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance
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rancor: (n).
Definition
bitter deep-seated ill will
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Wanderlust: (n).
Definition
strong longing for or impulse toward wandering
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panache: (n).
Definition
flamboyance in style and action
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apartheid: (n).
Definition
Separation
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Ceded
Definition
to yield formally or surrender
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morass: (n)
Definition
a situation that traps, confuses, or impede
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Bristled
Definition
on of the short, stiff, course hairs of an animal
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Lenity
Definition
A state of being mild
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Sanctimonious
Definition
making a hypocritical show of religious devotion
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Indignation
Definition
strong displeasure in something considered unjust
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Anomalous
Definition
deviating from order
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Lampooned
Definition
a sharp against an individual or situation
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recalcitrant: (adj)
Definition
Defiant of authority or restraint
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delineating: (verb)
Definition
To describe, portray, set forth with accuracy and detail
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razzing: (transitive verb)
Definition
To laugh contemptuously (with little respect)
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anorectic: (adj)
Definition
Lacking apetite
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Fatuous (adj)
Definition
silly
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thrummed: (v)
Definition
To recite tirelessly or monotonously
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Chutzpah: (n)
Definition
Supreme self-confidence
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Bergschrund:
Definition
is a crevice that forms where the moving glacier ice separates from the stagnant ice above
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madrigal: (n)
Definition
A lyrical poem
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demarcates: (V)
Definition
To set apart; distinguish
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environs: (n)
Definition
Surroundings; vicinity
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conflagration: (n)
Definition
fire
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acrid: (transitive verb)
Definition
sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor
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autocratic: (adj)
Definition
government in which one person possesses unlimited power
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ampoules: (n)
Definition
A glass vessel to hold injection solutions
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spindrift: (n)
Definition
fine wind-borne snow or sand
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inundate: (V)
Definition
To overflow or overwhelm
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Bivvy
Definition
A tent that is easy to pitch
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calamitous: (adj)
Definition
causing a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering
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abated: (verb)
Definition
to put an end to
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crampons: (n)
Definition
a climbing iron used especially on ice and snow in mountaineering
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bivouac: (n)
Definition
a temporary or casual shelter or lodging
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Hubris: (n)
Definition
exaggerated pride or self-confidence
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Topographic
Definition

the detailed mapping or charting of the features of arelatively small area, district, or locality.

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Unequivocally 
Definition

not equivocal; unambiguous; clear; having only one possiblemeaning or interpretation: an unequivocal indication ofassent; unequivocal proof.

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Coppice
Definition
Corpse
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Miasma 
Definition

noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter;poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.

 

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Incapacitated
Definition

unable to act, respond, or the like (often used euphemisticallywhen one is busy or otherwise occupied): He can't come to thephone now—he's incapacitated.

 

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Conundrum 
Definition

a riddle, the answer to which involves a pun or play onwords, as What is black and white and read all over? Anewspaper.

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