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Chapters 1-3
Word, definition, and
page number
congenial (5) - friendly
contumacious (11) rebellious
anomaly (11) - glitch,
inconsistency
convivial (18) - sociable
mien (18) - appearance
Into the Wild Vocabulary
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Chapters 4-5
Word, definition, and
page number
bourgeois (39) – middle
class
itinerant (43) - traveling
fatuous (44) – satisfied
and stupid
primordial (44) – primal,
basic form of
development
sedentary (44) – sitting,
remaining in one
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Chapters 6-9
Word, definition, and
page number
desiccated (49) – dried
indigent (50) – poor
harangues (51) – sermon
endemic (52) –
widespread
unbidden (63) – not
asked
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Chapters 10-11
Word, definition, and
page number
mercurial (105) - quick
and changeable
incorrigible (115) uncontrollable,
incapable of being
reformed
wanderlust (108) -a
strong impulse to travel
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Chapters 12-16
Word, definition, and
page number
monomania (120) obsessed with one idea
sanctimonious (122) self-righteous
sullen (123) - brooding,
angry
castigated (123) punished
obliquely (123) indirectly
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Chapter 17
Word, definition, and
page number
ford (174) – to cross a
river at a shallow place
malevolent (176) – mean
modicum (184) – small
amount
ruminations (183) –
reflection
feckless (184) –
unreliable / irresponsible
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Chapters 18-Epilogue
Word, definition, and
page number
munificence (188) bounty
eloquence (189) expressive speech
beatific (199) - saintly
insidiously (194) - casing
harm in a sneaky way
conflagration (198) - fire
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