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Into Thin Air – Beck Weathers by Jon Krakauer

Into Thin Air – Beck Weathers by Jon Krakauer. Vocabulary. Into Thin Air – Weathers - Vocabulary. lacerate – (verb) To rip, cut, or tear. In addition, he'd inadvertently rubbed some ice crystals into his eyes, lacerating both corneas . decreed – (verb) a formal order or command

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Into Thin Air – Beck Weathers by Jon Krakauer

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  1. Into Thin Air – Beck Weathersby Jon Krakauer Vocabulary

  2. Into Thin Air – Weathers - Vocabulary • lacerate – (verb) To rip, cut, or tear. • In addition, he'd inadvertently rubbed some ice crystals into his eyes, lacerating both corneas. • decreed – (verb) a formal order or command • Rob then decreed, "if your vision isn't better in thirty minutes I want you to stay here.” • brink – (noun) the limit beyond which success or catastrophe occurs • Everyone was on the brink of physical collapse. • oblivion – (noun) total forgetfulness • Finally, I just sort of slid off into oblivion. • comatose – (adj) deep and prolonged unconsciousness • He remained comatose for more than twelve hours. • deduce – (verb) To reach a conclusion by reasoning. • He started walking directly into the wind, deducing correctly that camp lay in that direction. • succumb – (verb) to give up without resistance • Given up for dead again, Beck simply refused to succumb.

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