Name: ___________________________________________________
INTO THE WILD : Vocabulary in Chapter 5
1. RAZE “Jan and Bob were staying three miles outside Niland, at a place the
locals called the Slabs, an old navy air base that had been abandoned and
razed, leaving a grid of empty concrete foundations scattered far and wide
across the street.” PG 43
A. The dictionary definition of this word is:
raze – part of speech: _________
def:__________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
________________.
B. A clue from the sentence was:
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2. ITINERANT “Come November, as the weather turns cold across the rest
of the country, some five thousand snowbirds and drifters and sundry
vagabonds congregate in this otherworldly setting to live on the cheap under
the sun. The Slabs function as the seasonal capital of a teeming itinerant
society.”
PG 43
A. The dictionary definition of this word is:
itinerant – part of speech: _________
def:__________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_______________.
B. A ONE WORD clue from the sentence was:
__________________________
3. ENTHRALLED “[McCandless] was so enthralled by these tales,
however, that he seemed to forget they were works of fiction…” PG 44
A. If the word ENTHRALLED were missing from this sentence, I might
replace it with the word: __________________
B. The dictionary definition of this word is:
enthralled – part of speech: _________
def:__________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_______________.
4. FERVENT “McCandless had been infatuated with London since
childhood. London’s fervent condemnation of capitalist society….mirrored
McCandless’s passions.” PG 44
A. Based on what you know about Chris McCandless, the word fervent
probably means:
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_
5. SEDENTARY “McCandless conveniently overlooked the fact that
London himself had spent just a single winter in the North and that he’d died
by his own hand on his California estate at the age of forty…maintaining a
sedentary existence that bore scant resemblance to the ideals he espoused in
print.” PG 44
A. The dictionary definition of this word is:
sedentary – part of speech: _________
def:__________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_______________.
B. A clue from London’s life was that he
_____________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
______.
6. RECLUSE “Even though McCandless rebuffed Tracy’s advances, Burres
makes it clear that he was no recluse. ‘He had a good time when he was around
people, a real good time.” PG 44
A. The dictionary definition of this word is:
recluse – part of speech: _________
def:__________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_______________.
B. A clue in the sentence was:
____________________________________________
7. DENIZENS “McCandless spoke frequently to the denizens of the Slabs
about his plans for Alaska.” PG45
A. If the word denizens had been missing from this sentence the first time I
read it, I would probably guess that the word that belonged there was:
________________
B. The dictionary definition of this word is:
denizens – part of speech: _________
def:__________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_______________.