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Into the Wild 1-8
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English
11th Grade
03/19/2014

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unsullied
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not soiled
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contumacious
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stubbornly rebellious
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cursory
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hasty without regard to details
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hyperkinetic
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spastic
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stasis
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the state of inactivity
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plebeian
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pertaining to the common people
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mien
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demeanor
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upbraid
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to find fault with
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onerous
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burdensome
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detritus
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disintegrated material; debris
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austere
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severe in manner or appearance
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esthetics
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the study of the rules and principles of art
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inimical
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unfavorable
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kinesthetic
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the sensation of movement or strain in muscles
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aridity
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being without moisture
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intermittent
Definition
stopping or ceasing for a time
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idiom
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an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements
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affinity
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a natural attraction to something
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lumpen
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of or relating to dispossessed and uprooted individuals cut off from the economic and social class with which they might normally be identified
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teeming
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abounding or swarming with something
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itinerant
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traveling from place to place
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turgid
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swollen
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fatuous
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foolish
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anachronistic
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something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time
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prodigious
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extraordinary in degree
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inundating
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to overwhelm
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desiccated
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to dry thoroughly
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indigent
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lacking food or clothing due to poverty
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brogue
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a strong regional accent
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fulminate
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to issue denunciations or the like
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endemic
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natural to a specific people or place
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missive
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a written message
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brash
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hasty; rash
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surfeit
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excess
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polarization
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a sharp division, as of a population or group, into opposing factions
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mull
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to study or ruminate
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chastity
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refraining from sexual intercourse
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supplant
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to take the place of another
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opprobrium
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the disgrace incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful
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strident
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harsh
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epistle
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a letter
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hubris
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excessive pride or self-confidence
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humility
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the quality of being humble
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asceticism
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the practice of self-denial and self-mortification to achieve a high spiritual and moral state
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histrionic
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overly dramatic
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recondite
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beyond ordinary knowledge
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eremitic
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a hermit or recluse
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equanimity
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mental or emotional stability
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enigmatic
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perplexing or mysterious
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paucity
Definition
smallness of quantity
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