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Into the Wild Vocab. Ch 1-7

Into the Wild Vocab. Ch 1-7. Antimony (noun). DEF: A silvery grey metallic element. Contumacious (adj). DEF: Rebellious RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH: Contumaciously, adv Contumaciousness, noun. Cursory (adj). DEF: Hasty and therefore not thorough or observant of details

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Into the Wild Vocab. Ch 1-7

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  1. Into the Wild Vocab. Ch 1-7

  2. Antimony (noun) • DEF: A silvery grey metallic element

  3. Contumacious (adj) • DEF: Rebellious • RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH: • Contumaciously, adv • Contumaciousness, noun

  4. Cursory (adj) • DEF: Hasty and therefore not thorough or observant of details • RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH: • Cursorily, adv. • Cursoriness, noun

  5. Subcutaneous (adj) • DEF: Under the skin • RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH: • Subcutaneously, adv

  6. Posit (verb) • DEF: To suggest for consideration

  7. Mawkish (adj) • DEF: Marked by bad taste; overly sentimental • RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH: • Mawkishly, adv. • Mawkishness, noun

  8. Hyperkinetic (adj) • DEF: Characterized by fast-paced activity • RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH: • Hyperkinetically, adv.

  9. Itinerant (adj) • DEF: Traveling from place to place

  10. Stasis (noun) • DEF: Inactivity caused by balance among opposing forces

  11. Plebian (adj) • DEF: Belonging to the common people

  12. Mien (noun) • DEF: One’s bearing or appearance that reveals inner state of mind.

  13. Convivial (adj) • DEF: marked by a pleasure in the companionship of others, feasting and celebrating • RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH: • Conviviality, noun • Convivially, adv

  14. Onerous (adj) • DEF: Troublesome, burdensome • RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH: • Onerously, adv.

  15. Indolently (adv) • DEF: Slowly; lazily • RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH: • Indolent, adj • Indolence, noun

  16. Oxymoronic (adj) • DEF: Made up of contradictory elements

  17. Garrulous (adj) • DEF: Excessively talkative • RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH: • Garrulously, adv.

  18. Fatuous (adj) • DEF: Foolish in a self-satisfied way • RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH: • Fatuously, adv. • Fatuousness, noun

  19. Anachronistic (adj) • DEF: Not in proper chronological order, or place; misplaced chronologically. • RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH: • Anachronism, noun • Anachronistically, adv.

  20. Hegira (noun) • DEF: A journey to a more desirable place; a flight to escape danger.

  21. Desiccate (verb) • DEF: To dry up; to suck the life out of something • RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH: • Desiccated, adj.

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