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Into The Wild Wiki Vocab

 

 

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Taylor Thelemann - Blue

 

John Mazzoleni - Red

 

 

vagabonds 17

 

adjective;

 

Vagabonds- wandering from place to place without any settled home.

 

 

surrogate 18

 

noun;

 

Surrogate- a person appointed to act for another's duty. 

 

 

Plebeian 18

 

adjective;

 

Plebeian- belonging or pertaining to the common people.

 

 

Mien 18

 

noun;

 

Mien- showing character or feeling.

 

 

Unencumbered 22

 

verb;

 

Unencumbered- to impede or hinder.

 

Inimical 25

 

adjective;

 

adverse in tendency or effect.

 

botanical 26

 

adjective;

 

pertaining to, made of, or referring to plants.

 

cumulonimbus 28

 

noun;

 

clouds with thunderstorm effects.

 

irksome 28

 

adjective;

 

annoying, irritating.

 

intermittent 29

 

adjective;

 

stopping or ceasing for an amount of time.

 

unheeded 31

 

verb;

 

to give careful attention to.

 

sere 32

 

adjective;

 

dry, withered.

 

unbridled 32

 

adjective;

 

not controlled or restrained.

 

escarpments 33

 

noun;

 

clifflike ridge of land, rock.

 

jubilance 34

 

adjective;

 

showing great joy, satisfaction.

 

haphazard 39

 

adjective;

 

characterized by lack of planning or order.

 

incongruously  10

 

adjective;

 

Incongruously - out of keeping or place, inappropriate.

 

 

subcutaneous   14

 

adjective;

 

Subcutaneous - situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.

 

 

tendrils   16

 

noun;

 

a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants.

 

 

hyperkinetic    16

 

noun;

 

Hyperkinetic- an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action.

 

 

itinerant     16

 

adjective;

 

Itinerant- traveling from place to place.

 

 

protruded 3

 

verb;

 

Protruded- to thrust forward.

 

 

sonorous 4

 

adjective;

 

Sonorous- giving out or capable of giving out a sound.

 

 

derelict 10

 

adjective;

 

Derelict- Left or deserted, abandoned.

 

 

anomaly 11

 

noun;

 

Anomaly- a deviation from the common rule, arrangement.

 

 

estranged   18

 

adjective;

 

Estranged- displaying or evincing a feeling of Alienation.

 

 

convivial - adjective; cheerful, friendly, enjoyable (18)

 

 

admonish - verb; warn of reprimand firmly. (21)

 

brackish - adjective; slightly salty, especially with water. (31)

 

discernible - verb; to perceive of recognize. (39)

 

fatuous - adjective; silly and pointless. (44)

 

anachronistic - noun; a thing belonging to a period in which it does not exist. (47). 

 

desiccated  - verb; to remove the moisture from (49)

 

 

nomadic - noun; a member of people who have to permanent home, who travel from place to place. (57)

 

polarization  - verb; divide or cause to divide (64)

 

 

strident -  adjective; loud and harsh (70)

 

 

greenhorn - noun; a person who is new or inexperienced at an activity (72)

 

 

academia  - noun; the community concerned with the pursuit of research,

 

 education and scholarship.  (74)

 

 

equanimity - noun; mental calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation.   (75)

 

 

petroglyphs - noun; rock carvings, especially prehistoric. ( 88)

 

 

ephemeral - adjective; lasting for a short time.  (88)

 

 

nom de plume - noun; a pen name. (89)

 

 

penchant - noun; a strong habitual tendency for liking something or a tendency to do something. (94)

 

 

veracity - noun; conformity to facts, accuracy.  (95)

 

 

insolence  - adjective; showing a rude and arrogant last of respect. (95)

 

 

arcane - adjective; understood by few, mysterious and secretive. (104)

 

 

entrepreneurial - noun; organizing or operating a business, while taking a financial risk.  (108)

 

 

arcane-understood by few; mysterious or secret. (118)

 

adjective

 

 

mercurial- subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind.

 

 

adjective

 

 

chasten-have a restraining or moderating effect on.

 

Verb

 

convergence-the process or state of converging.

 

noun

 

 

concoct-make (a dish or meal) by combining various ingredients.

 

verb

 

 

grueling-extremely tiring and demanding.

 

adjective

 

 

inherent-existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute.

 

 

adjective

 

 

obsequious-obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.

 

 

adjective

 

 

dollop-a shapeless mass or blob of something.

 

 

noun

 

 

clemency-mercy; lenience.

 

 

noun

 

 

philanderer-readily or frequently enter into casual sexual relationships with women.

 

 

verb

 

 

sanctimonious-making a show of being morally superior to other people.

 

 

adjective

 

 

indignation-anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment.

 

 

noun

 

 

anomalous-deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected.

 

 

adjective

 

 

idiosyncratic-of or relating to idiosyncrasy; peculiar or individual.

 

adjective

 

 

Lambast-criticize harshly. (123)

 

 

verb

 

 

castigate-reprimand severely. (123)

 

 

verb

 

 

confrere-a fellow member of a profession; a colleague. (123)

 

 

noun

 

 

extemporaneous-spoken or done without preparation. (124)

 

 

adjective

 

 

hue-a color or shade.

 

 

noun

 

 

pellucid-translucently clear.

 

 

adjective

 

 

carrel-a small cubicle with a desk for the use of a reader or student in a library.

 

noun

 

 

succumbed - fail to resist. (118)

 

Verb

 

 

anomalous - deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected. (123)

 

adjective

 

 

delineating - describe or portray. (129)

 

Verb

 

 

keening - wail in grief for a dead person. (130)

 

Verb

 

 

existential - relating to existence. (134)

 

adjective

 

 

inveigled - persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery. (136)

 

adjective
dearth - a scarcity or lack of 
something. (142)
 Noun

 

 

 

 

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