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Into the Wild
VocabularySlide2
Directions —
As you read the quote from
Into the Wild and the additional sentence (if provided)
,
write down what you believe is the correct definition. Use context clues, the terms and definitions that you’ve received (
do not use the handout
), and the image to help you determine the meaning. Slide3
unsullied:
unblemished; faultless
"Alaska has long been a magnet for dreamers and misfits, people who think the
unsullied
enormity of the Last Frontier will patch all of the holes in their
lives" (4).On our vacation, we went to an isolated island that was unsullied by tourist attractions.Slide4
congenial
:
pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or interests that are similar to one's own; amiable
“The more they talked, the less Alex struck Gallien
as a nutcase. He was
congenial
and seemed well educated. While Hank’s team acts congenial after a win, they secretly wish that they could rub it in the other team’s face. Slide5
incongruously
:
lacking in harmony, compatibility or appropriateness; unsuitably
“A vintage International Harvester from the 1940’s, the derelict vehicle is located twenty-five miles west of Healy as the raven flies, rusting
incongruously
in the fireweed beside the Stampede, just beyond the boundary of Denali National Park” (10),
Barbara told stories incongruously to different friends who consequently found out and would never trust her again.Slide6
contumacious
:
rebellious; stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority
“The prospect of fording this latte-colored torrent discourages most people from traveling any farther. Thompson,
Samel
, and Swanson, however, are
contumacious Alaskans with a special fondess for driving where motor vehicles aren’t designed to be driven” (11)Slide7
itinerant
:
traveling from place to place; a person who travels from place to place
“The Slabs functions as the seasonal capital of a teeming itinerant
society—a tolerant, rubber-tired culture comprising the retired, the exiled, the destitute, the perpetually unemployed” (43).
Because the traveling salesman hated his
itinerant lifestyle, he was happy to be nearing his age of retirement.Slide8
convivial
:
hospitable, welcoming, and enjoyable
“The living arrangements were loose and convivial. The four or five inhabitants took turns cooking for one another, went drinking together, and chased woman together, without success” (18).Slide9
onerous
:
involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome
“He had spent the previous four years, as he saw it, preparing to fulfill an absurd and
onerous
duty: to graduate college” (22).
When Joe agreed to help his father cut the grass, he did not realize the chore would be so onerous.Slide10
egress
: means to go
out of or leave a place
“…water came rushing down from the high country, he had just enough time to gather his tent and belongings and save them from being swept away. There was nowhere to move the car, however, as the only route of
egress
was now a foaming, full-blown river” (28). Slide11
indolently
:
showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothfully; lazily
“Emasculated by dams and diversion canals, the lower Colorado burbles
indolently
from reservoir to reservoir through some of the hottest, starkest country on the continent” (32).Slide12
desiccated
:
dried; lacking moisture; dehydrated
“Away from the lakeshore the land rises gently and then abruptly to form the desiccated
, phantasmal badlands of Anza-Borrego” (49).
It
is possible to desiccate fruit for storage by leaving it on trays out in the sun.Slide13
phantasmal: ghostly; unreal; illusory
“Away from the lakeshore the land rises gently and then abruptly to form the desiccated,
phantasmal
badlands of Anza-Borrego” (49).The phantasmal
aura occasionally
lures unwary travelers to their doom. Slide14
fulminate: to issue a heated verbal attack
"...McCandless's face would darken with anger and he'd
fulminate
about his parents or politicians or the endemic idiocy of mainstream American life" (52).Slide15
opprobrium
: harsh criticism; the public disgrace arising from someone's shameful conduct.
“The article about McCandless in
Outside generated a large volume of mail, and not a few letters of the letters heaped
opprobrium
on McCandless—and on me, as well, the author of the story, for glorifying what some thought was a foolish, pointless death” (70-71)Slide16
taciturn: reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little
"Samuel Walter McCandless, Jr., fifty-six years old, is a bearded
taciturn
man..." (103).
By nature, Sheila is a
taciturn woman who keeps her thoughts to herself.Slide17
gregarious: fond of company; sociable; outgoing
“He was intensely private but could be convivial and
gregarious
in extreme” (115). Slide18
Incorrigible- uncontrollable; incapable of being reformed.
“…he was no tight-lipped, perpetually grim do-gooder who frowned on fun. To the contrary, he enjoyed tipping a glass now and then and was an
incorrigible
ham” (115).Slide19
Sanctimonious
:
making a show of being morally superior to other people; self-righteous
“…Chris would fixate on his father’s own less than sterling behavior many years earlier and silently denounce him as a
sanctimonious
hypocrite” (122).Slide20
Extemporaneous-
spoken or done without preparation; impromptu
“Chris took his Datsun on another prolonged,
extemporaneous road trip” (124).Slide21
Idyll- an extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque experience or scene
“…the contentment that began in mid-May resumed and seemed to continue through early July. Then, in the midst of this
idyll
, came the first of two pivotal setbacks” (168).Slide22
Moldering: slowly decaying or disintegrating; rotting
“Immediately inside the door is the torn mattress, stained and
moldering
, on which McCandless expired” (178).