Chapter 13&14 Vocab (Into the Wild)

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Anorectic

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Excessively and dangerously thin due to intentionally starving oneself; another term of anorexic

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Apologia

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The defense or explanation of one’s position or actions

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Fatuous

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Extremely foolish

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Abyss

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A void; the depth of nothingness

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Bald

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A blank area unpopulated by vegetation

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Bergschrund

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A crevasse formed by a split in the ice

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Carapace

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A shell-like exterior coating

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Chutzpah

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Nerve; confidence; arrogance

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Cirque

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An open area shaped like a half-circle and having steep sides

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Comlier

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More beautiful

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Crampons

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Metal prongs used for climbing on ice

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Crevasses

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Deep openings in a glacier or ice floe

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Cyanide

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A swift-acting poison

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Dearth

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A shortage of;lack

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Diorite

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A kind of rock that forms into small granular crystals

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Dunning

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Persistent

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Exfoliated

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Scrubbed free of debris

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Existential scabs

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Figurative wounds made by repeated questions about the nature of man and his place in the world

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Extricated

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Got out

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Fjordlike

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Like the narrow fingers of the sea that characterize the coast of Norway

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Frost feathers

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Thin, unstable accumulations of frost

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Glaciologist

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One who studies glaciers

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Gunwale

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The top of the boat’s side

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Halogen

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A group of elements including fluorine and clorine

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Inebriated

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Drunk

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Inveigled

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Cadged and begged for

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Kerouac

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The author of “On the Road” and a member of the Beat Generation

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Labrinthine

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Having a complex, maze-like pattern; like a labyrinth

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Madrigal

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A bare sound, without accompaniment of any kind

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Melodramatic

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Overly emotional

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Molybdenum

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A strong, light metal that can be shaped with precision

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Nietsche

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The 19th century German author who believed that humans had to recognize the meaninglessness of existence to triumph over it

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Nordwand

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The north wall of a mountain

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Penitente

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A pilgrim seeking penitence through a difficult journey or physical task

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Phantasmagoria

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A fantastic visual phenomenon of extended figures and shapes

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Plastic

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Sculpted

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Psycho-neurotic

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Relating to a mental illness

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Rime

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Granular ice created when clouds or fog become supercooled and precipitate out

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Skates

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Pallets or storage packets

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Stinted

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Spare in growth; stunted

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Scattershot

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Random; not organized

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Seracs

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Sharp points where ice juts out of a glacier into peaks

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Sublimity

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Beyond thought; outstandingly grand

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Superterranean

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Above the ground

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thrummed

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Pulsed; vibrated

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Unhandselled

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Without tokens of good luck; unforgiving

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Whiteout

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Conditions of blowing snow and ice that prevent good vision