Into the Wild
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English 11 Into the Wild Vocabulary Chapters 1-7 Name:_________________ Date:__________________ Directions: Read each sentence. Underline the context clues in each sentence. Using the context clues, determine the definition of the italicized vocabulary words. Word Sentence unsullied Alaska has long been a magnet for dreamers and misfits, people who think the unsullied enormity of the Last Frontier will patch all the holes in their lives. infallibility There was a hint in it of laughter, but of a laughter more terrible than any sadness—a laughter that was mirthless as the smile of the Sphinx, a laughter cold as the frost and partaking of the grimness of infallibility. derelict A vintage International Harvester from the 1940s, the derelict vehicle is located twenty-five miles west of Healy as the raven flies, rusting incongruously in the fireweed beside the Stampede Trail, just beyond the boundary of Denali National Park. contumacious Thompson, Samel, and Swanson, however, are contumacious Alaskans with a special fondness for driving motor vehicles where motor vehicles aren’t really designed to be driven estranged If McCandless felt estranged from his parents and siblings, he found a surrogate family in Westerberg and his employees, most of whom lived in Westerberg's Carthage home. altruistic The latter is a reference to Tolstoy’s protagonist and alter ego, Pierre Bezuhov— altruistic, questing, illegitimately born. onerous He had spent the previous four years, as he saw it, preparing to fulfill an absurd and onerous duty: to graduate from college. unbridled This lower stretch of the river, from Hoover Dam to the gulf, has little in common with the unbridled torrent that explodes through the Grand Canyon, some 250 miles upstream from Topock. anachronistic On January 4, 1993, this writer received an unusual letter, penned in a shaky, anachronistic script that suggested an elderly author. primordial The dominant primordial beast was strong in Buck, and under the fierce conditions of trail life it grew and grew Definition based on context clues English 11 Into the Wild Vocabulary Chapters 1-7 Name:_________________ Date:__________________ Directions: Create or find a picture clue for each word that will help you to visualize the definition. Word Part of Speech Definition Adj. spotlessly clean and fresh Noun the quality of never making an error Adj. in deplorable condition Adj. willfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient Adj. caused to be unloved; alienated Adj. showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others Adj. not easily borne; wearing Adj. not restrained or controlled Adj. chronologically misplaced Adj. having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state unsullied infallibility derelict contumacious estranged altruistic onerous unbridled anachronistic primordial Picture Clue English 11 Into the Wild Vocabulary Chapters 1-7 Name:_________________ Date:__________________ Directions: Create a sentence properly using the vocabulary word. Word Part of Speech Adj. unsullied Noun infallibility Adj. derelict Adj. contumacious Adj. estranged Adj. altruistic Adj. onerous Adj. unbridled Adj. anachronistic Adj. primordial Sentence Using The Word English 11 Into the Wild Vocabulary Chapters 8-13 Name:_________________ Date:__________________ Directions: Read each sentence. Underline the context clues in each sentence. Using the context clues, determine the definition of the italicized vocabulary words. Word Sentence Definition based on context clues English 11 Into the Wild Vocabulary Chapters 8-13 Name:_________________ Date:__________________ Directions: Create or find a picture clue for each word that will help you to visualize the definition. Word Part of Speech Definition Picture Clue English 11 Into the Wild Vocabulary Chapters 8-13 Name:_________________ Date:__________________ Directions: Create a sentence properly using the vocabulary word. Word Part of Speech Sentence Using The Word English 11 Into the Wild Vocabulary Chapters 14-Epilogue Name:_________________ Date:__________________ Directions: Read each sentence. Underline the context clues in each sentence. Using the context clues, determine the definition of the italicized vocabulary words. Word Sentence Definition based on context clues English 11 Into the Wild Vocabulary Chapters 14-Epilogue Name:_________________ Date:__________________ Directions: Create or find a picture clue for each word that will help you to visualize the definition. Word Part of Speech Definition Picture Clue English 11 Into the Wild Vocabulary Chapters 14-Epilogue Name:_________________ Date:__________________ Directions: Create a sentence properly using the vocabulary word. Word Part of Speech Sentence Using The Word
