Chapter 15 Vocab (Into the Wild)

Question 1

Acrid

Answer 1

Smelling harsh or bitter

Question 2

Autocratic

Answer 2

dictatorial; not allowing negotiation

Question 3

Bivouac sack

Answer 3

A lightweight covering or shell that allows a camper to sleep outside a tent

Question 4

Bivvy

Answer 4

Slang for bivouac, a temporary camp without shelter

Question 5

Cirrus

Answer 5

Flattish clouds formed by ice crystals

Question 6

Condolence

Answer 6

Sympathy

Question 7

Contingemnt

Answer 7

Dependent upon

Question 8

Entanglement

Answer 8

Involvement

Question 9

Escapade

Answer 9

A caper; adventure

Question 10

Fly

Answer 10

An extra piece of fabric that forms a second roof on a tent

Question 11

Hectored

Answer 11

Nagged

Question 12

Hubris

Answer 12

Arrogance; excessive pride

Question 13

Malevolent

Answer 13

With evil intention; threatening

Question 14

Metastasized

Answer 14

Grown new colonies

Question 15

Patina

Answer 15

The outer layer

Question 16

Pharmacopeia

Answer 16

A pharmacy full of [doesn’t say so I don’t know what to put here]

Question 17

Reconnaissance

Answer 17

A preview of a trip or route

Question 18

Spindrift

Answer 18

A strong wind

Question 19

Spindrift avalanches

Answer 19

Snow slides caused by strong wind rather than by falling rock

Question 20

Supplanted

Answer 20

Replaced

Question 21

Surreal

Answer 21

Intensely irrational

Question 22

Thwart

Answer 22

To frustrate, prevent success

Question 23

Tlingit

Answer 23

One of the groups of Native Americans

Question 24

Verglas

Answer 24

Glacial ice; heavy glacier-like ice as in an ice storm

Question 25

Volatile

Answer 25

Explosive

Question 26

Volition

Answer 26

Free will