Into the wild vocab quiz Flashcards
(47 cards)
1
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egress
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going out
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saline
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salty
3
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bourgeois
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middle class
4
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itinerant
A
traveling
5
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fatuous
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satisfied and stupid
6
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Tolstoy
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Russian author and philosopher who believed in self sacrifice, non-violence, and finding happiness within
7
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espoused
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marry
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denuded
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make bare by expose or erosion
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indolently
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lazy, inactive
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sere
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withered, dry
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lumpen
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displaced people, misfits of society
12
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primordial
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primal, basic form of development
13
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sedentary
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sitting, remaining in one area
14
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Thoreau
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American writer, poet, and philosopher who believed in simple living and personal freedom
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congenial
A
friendly
16
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antimony
A
a metallic element
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contumacious
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rebellious
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amiable
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good natured
19
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plebian
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crude, common
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onerous
A
troublesome
21
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peregrinations
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odyssey
22
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muskeg
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swamp or bog
23
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peppered
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not continuous
24
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alders
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trees
25
petering
dwindling
26
escarpments
a steep slope
27
anomaly
glitch, inconsistency
28
visage
face
29
convivial
sociable
30
mien
appearence
31
taiga
canadian ecosystem
32
unsullied
unblemished, no damage
33
hegira
flight
34
desiccated
dried
35
indigent
poor
36
harangues
sermon
37
endemic
widespread
38
anachronistic
displaced in time
39
inadvertently
by accident
40
creosote
an oily liquid
41
phantasmal
ghostly
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destitute
poor
43
fulminate
verbal attack
44
unalloyed
pure
45
arroyo
gorge
46
serape
poncho
47
unbidden
not asked
