Into The Wild Vocab Cards Chp.1-3

Question 1

Well-to-do

Answer 1

(adj) wealthy; being finacially comfortable

Question 2

Transcendent

Answer 2

(adj) beyond or above the range of normal human experience

Question 3

Convoluted

Answer 3

(adj) complicated, so complex as to be confusing

Question 4

Fare

Answer 4

(noun) the cost of travel

Question 5

Destitute

Answer 5

(adj) without the necessities of live; impoverished

Question 6

Rigor

Answer 6

(noun) severity and strictness

Question 7

Fulminated

Answer 7

(verb) expressed extreme protest; rail against

Question 8

Narcissist

Answer 8

(noun) a person who is overly self-involved, selfish and vain

Question 9

Perished

Answer 9

(verb) died

Question 10

Wiry

Answer 10

(adj) thin but strong

Question 11

Windswept

Answer 11

(adj) a place exposed to strong winds

Question 12

Muskeg

Answer 12

(noun) a swamp or bog

Question 13

Unsullied

Answer 13

(verb) not spoiled or impure

Question 14

Enormity

Answer 14

(verb) a grave sin or crime; extremely immoral

Question 15

Misfits

Answer 15

(noun) people who don’t conform to societal norms

Question 16

Navigational

Answer 16

(adj) the act of deciding where or plotting a course or direction

Question 17

Trackless

Answer 17

(adj) land having no paths or tracks on it

Question 18

Dissuade

Answer 18

(verb) to persuade negatively; to convince someone NOT to do something

Question 19

Gung-ho

Answer 19

(adj) extremely enthusiastic about a plan or a event

Question 20

Sketchy

Answer 20

(adj) unclear or not fully planned

Question 21

Ramparts

Answer 21

(noun) defensive walls

Question 22

Flinty

Answer 22

(adj) hard or unyielding

Question 23

Amalgam

Answer 23

(noun) a combination, mixture, or blend

Question 24

Derelict

Answer 24

(adj) in poor condition due to neglect

Question 25

Contumacious

Answer 25

(adj) stubbornly resistant to authority

Question 26

Implication

Answer 26

(noun) the conclusion that can be inferred

Question 27

Moonlights

Answer 27

(verb) to work a second job that may take the energy or time away from your primary job

Question 28

Autopsy

Answer 28

(noun) an examination of a dead body to determine cause of sudden death

Question 29

Subcutaneous

Answer 29

(adj) located below the skin

Question 30

Withered

Answer 30

(verb) dry and shriveled

Question 31

Posited

Answer 31

(verb) to present a position or thesis

Question 32

Clapboard

Answer 32

(noun) thin pieces of wood placed overlapping horizontally used to cover the outside of building

Question 33

Tendrils

Answer 33

(noun) a thin appendage of a plant that climbing plants use to hold onto a structure

Question 34

Fickle

Answer 34

(adj) changeable, lacking consistency of feeling

Question 35

Hyperkinetic

Answer 35

(adj) overly energetic

Question 36

Stringy

Answer 36

(adj) tall, wiry, thin

Question 37

Itinerant

Answer 37

(adj) traveling from place to place

Question 38

Estranged

Answer 38

(adj) having lost connection or friendship

Question 39

Surrogate

Answer 39

(noun) a substitute person who takes the place of another

Question 40

Convivial

Answer 40

(adj) friendly

Question 41

Plebeian

Answer 41

(adj) belonging to common people; not aristocratic

Question 42

Jetsam

Answer 42

(noun) items thrown off of a ship or plane to lighten the load

Question 43

Prosperous

Answer 43

(adj) wealthy in money or goods

Question 44

Bequest

Answer 44

(noun) something given as an inheritance

Question 44

Phi Beta Kappa

Answer 44

(noun) an honorary society of college graduates with high academic standing

Question 45

Commencement

Answer 45

(noun) Graduation ceremony

Question 46

Upbraided

Answer 46

(verb) criticizing severely

Question 47

Odometer

Answer 47

(noun) an instrument that measures distance travelled

Question 48

Monkish

Answer 48

(adj) living a life lacking physical comforts

Question 49

Barracks

Answer 49

(noun) buildings containing sleeping spaces for campers or soldiers

Question 50

Itinerary

Answer 50

(noun) schedule

Question 51

Unencumbered

Answer 51

(adj) free from responsibilities or burdens

Question 52

Emancipated

Answer 52

(adj) freed from servitude

Question 53

Stifling

Answer 53

(adj) lacking air; restrictive

Question 54

Severance

Answer 54

(noun) money paid at the end of employment