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Into the Wild Ch. 7-9 vocab
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10th Grade
11/28/2012
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bereavement
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noun, period of mourning after a loss
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pathological
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adj, caused by nature
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maw
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mouth of an animal
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grubstake
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amount of materials needed for something
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scything
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cutting
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surfeit
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excessive amount of something, also can used as a verb
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conjecture
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conclusion from guessing
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chastity
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sexual behavior of a man or woman
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titillated
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stimulated or excited
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purports
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claim to be or do something
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succor
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give assistance to
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cosmos
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an orderly system
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terse
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not using many words
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demise
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a persons death
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opprobrium
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harsh criticism
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traipsing
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walking around warily
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epistle
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writing directed to a person or group
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burlesque
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literary work to cause laughter
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contrived
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deliberately created
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asceticism
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abstinence from worldly pleasures
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pseudoliterary
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adj, pertaining to nature of books and writing
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recondite
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adj, little known
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eremitic
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a religious recluse
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banalities
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adj, predictable
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bight
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bend or a curve in geography
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subsisting
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supporting oneself
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calisthenics
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simple exercises
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equanimity
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noun, mental calmness
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coroner
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government official who reports death
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crags
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steep rock
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sinewy
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stringy and tough
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posit
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assume a fact; verb or noun
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harrowing
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causing distress to
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copius
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abundant in supply
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bravado
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noun being brave
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rations
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fixed portion
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emaciated
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became extremely thin
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paucity
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the presence of somethin in small quantitiesnoun
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vagrant
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a person without a home, nomad
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scant
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barely enough
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defile
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to corrupt the purity
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desiccated
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removing the moisture from
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ephemeral
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lasting for a very short time
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emblazoned
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to depict
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atavistic
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tendency to revert to ancestors ways adj
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incendiary
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a person who is an arsonist
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eerily
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inspired by fear
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gored
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stabbed by an animal
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burro
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small donkey
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stratum
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layer of sedimentary rock
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precipices
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steep rock
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picaresque
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satirical prose fiction
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