A Walk in the Woods Vocab Flashcards
(105 cards)
1
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Milieu
A
Environment or surroundings
2
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Magnanimous
A
Very generous or forgiving
Takes the “high road”
3
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Comely
A
Pleasing in appearance
4
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amble
A
To walk slowly
5
Q
Beguiling
A
Tricky or seductive
6
Q
John Muir
A
Naturalist during the romantic movement
7
Q
Dissipate
A
To gradually disappear
8
Q
Pallor
A
Unhealthily pale
9
Q
Hoovered
A
Sucked up
10
Q
Deferential
A
Respectful
11
Q
Lap felled
A
Sean where excess material is folded over and sown down
12
Q
Spindrift
A
Sea or sand spray
13
Q
Occipital
A
The back of something
14
Q
Vale
A
Valley
15
Q
Sherpas
A
People who guide mountain climbers
16
Q
Foray
A
Attack
17
Q
Rent
A
Rip or tear
18
Q
Accoutrements
A
Extras
19
Q
Cudgel
A
Heavy stick
20
Q
Pique
A
Extreme irritation
21
Q
Salient
A
Most important
22
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Stratagem
A
Plan or scheme
23
Q
Adroit
A
Skillful, right handed
24
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Dubiety
A
Skepticism
25
Door-cum-stairway
Door being used as a stairway
26
Rectitude
Morally upright
27
Apace
Fast
28
Epigram
Witty saying
29
Acrimonious
Bitter
30
Aerie
High eagles nest
31
Aplomb
Self confidence
32
Portentous
Evil omen
33
Gneiss
Metamorphic rock
34
Cataleptic
Sudden attack of confusion
35
Rime
Frost
36
Equanimity
Calmness
37
Commissary
Food supplies
38
Orifice
A mouth or opening
39
Petulant
impatient or irritable
40
ineffable
unable to be expressed in words
41
primeval
of the earliest time
42
cataclysm
great upheaval causing violent changes
43
preternatural
abnormal
44
banal
dull or ordinary
45
malapropism
misuse of words when they sound alike but have very different meanings
46
escarpment
cliff formed by erosion
47
forbearance
self-control, restraint
48
negligible
insignificant
49
lassitude
weariness
50
voluble
very loud
51
chortling
combination of chuckle and snort
52
superannuated
retired, outdated
53
desultory
disconnected, random
54
pugnacious
combative, ready to fight
55
mesophytic
temperate plant
56
depredation
robbing or plundering
57
gimlet
a small tool used for cutting holes
58
demur
to object or hesitate
59
comestible
food
60
scopes trial
1925 trial in TN over evolution taught in schools
61
promulgate
to publish or make known
62
Xanadu
an idealized place of magnificent beauty
63
grazier
person who watches over grazing cattle or sheep
64
fiat
official degree
65
fortuitous
accidental, fortunate
66
recluse
a hermit
67
privation
lacking in ordinary necessities
68
peregrination
wandering
69
seminal
crucial or critical
70
cossetted
pampered
71
venerable
old and respected
72
temerity
foolhardiness, recklessness
73
capacious
roomy, spacious
74
surfeit
excess
75
insipid
dull or lifeless
76
leonine
lion-like
77
frisson
shiver of fear or excitement
78
Harper's Ferry
place in Virginia where john brown revolted in 1959
79
john brown
white man who believed in abolition
80
disingenuous
not straightforward, insincere
81
whorl
anything coiled or spiraled
82
acrid
sharp or bitter, sarcastic
83
officious
offering unwanted advice, meddlesome
84
Pangaea
original supercontinent
85
ineluctable
unavoidable, certain
86
transitory
not lasting very long
87
canted
sloping or slanted
88
cant
meaningless talk
89
sere
dry and withered
90
noisome
harmful, foul-smelling
91
till
glacial gravel
92
catamount
mountain lion or cougar
93
cadre
a small, uniform group
94
paroxysm
sudden attack or spasm
95
insidious
sly and treacherous
96
anachromism
something put out of place in time
97
parvenu
someone with new wealth or power that is not accepted by their new social class
98
cataract
waterfall
99
plaudit
expression of approval or praise
100
droll
amusing in an odd way
101
ungainly
awkward or clumsy
102
cull
to select and gather
103
commensurate
equal in measure and size
104
inane
lacking sense or meaning, foolish
105
tarn
a small lake
