Into The Wild
Vocabulary Definitions
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Ramparts – Noun
A fortification, barricade, or guard
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Amalgam – Noun
A mixture or a combination
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Antimony – Noun
A metalloid element having many forms
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Derelict – Adjective left or deserted, as by the owner or guardian; abandoned
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Incongruously – Adverb out of place; inappropriate; unbecoming
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Parcel – Noun a distinct, continuous portion or tract of land

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Anomaly – Noun a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form
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Opaque – Adjective not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through
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Contumacious – Adjective stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient
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Posited – Verb to lay down or assume as a fact or principle; postulate
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Mawkish – Adjective characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin

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Amiable – Adjective having or showing pleasant, goodnatured personal qualities; affable
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Mien – Noun
Demeanor; appearance, look
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Contrite – Adjective filled with a sense of guilt and the desire for atonement; penitent
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Nomadic – Adjective
Relating to A person with no fixed residence who roams about; a wanderer
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Admonish – Verb to caution, advise, or counsel against something
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Onerous - Adjective

burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship
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Unencumbered – Adjective
Unclaimed property; Unrestricted
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Indelible – Adjective cannot be eliminated, forgotten, changed, or the like
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Fulminate – Verb to issue or pronounce with vehement denunciation, condemnation
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Endemic – Adjective natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous
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Emanates – Verb to flow out, issue, or proceed, as from a source or origin; come forth; originate

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Ascetic – Noun a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme selfdenial or self-mortification for religious reasons
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Labyrinth – Noun an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit
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Posthumously – Adverb arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death