Into the Wild 1-51 Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 unsullied | not soiled, untarnished |
| contumacious | stubbornly perverse or rebellious |
| cursory | going rapidly over something without noticing details; hasty; superficial |
| mawkish | having a mildly sickening flavor; slightly nauseating |
| hyperkinetic | an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm |
| stasis | state of equilibrium or inactivity caused by opposing forces |
| plebeian | belonging or pertaining to the common people |
| mien | air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc. |
| upbraid | to find fault with or reproach severely; censure |
| onerous | burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship |
| wallow | to live self-indulgently; luxuriate; revel |
| detritus | rock in small particles or other material worn or broken away |
| austere/austerity | severe in maner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding |
| esthetics | aesthetics - having a sense of the beautiful; characterized by a love of beauty |
| inimical | adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful |
| kinesthetic | the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body |
| aridity | being without moisture; extremely dry; parched |
| intermittent | stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again |
| idiom | a distinct style or character |
| affinity | a natural liking or attraction to a person, thing, idea, etc. |
| lumpen | of or pertaining to disfranchised and uprooted individuals or groups, especially those who have lost status |
| itinerant | working in one place for a comparatively short time and then moving on to work in another place, usually as a physical or outdoor laborer; characterized by alternating periods of working and wandering |
| turgid | swollen, distended, tumid |
| fatuous | foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious manner, complacent manner; silly |
| anachronistic | pertaining to or containing an error in chronology in which a person, object, event etc., is assigned a date or period other than the correct one |
| creosote | an oily liquid having a burning taste and penetrating odor obtained by the distillation of coal and wood tar, used mainly as a preservative for wood and as an antiseptic |
| prodigious | extraordinary, in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc. |
| inundating | to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge |
| desiccated | dehydrated or powdered |
| indigent | lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished |
| brogue | an Irish accent in the pronunciation of English |
| fulminate | to issue denunciations or the like (usually followed by against) |
| endemic | natural to or characteristic of specific people or place; native; indigenous |
| missive | a written message; letter |
| brash | hasty; rash; impetuous |
| surfeit | excess, an excessive amount |
| polarization | a sharp division, as a person, population, or group, into opposing factions |
| mull | to study or ruminate; ponder |
| chastity | the state of refraining from sexually activity that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion |
| supplant | to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like |
| opprobrium | a cause or object of such disgrace or reproach |
| strident | making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking |
| epistle | a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication |
| hubris | excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance |
| asceticism | rigorous self-denial; extreme abstinence; austerity |
| histrionic | deliberately affected or self-consciously emotional; overly dramatic, in behavior or speech; acting |
| recondite | beyond ordinary knowledge or understanding; little known; obscure |
| eremitic | a hermit or recluse, especially one under a religious vow |
| equanimity | mental or emotional stability or composure, especially under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium |
| enigmatic | resembling an enigma; perplexing; mysterious |
| paucity | smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness |
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