Chapter 3 Vocab (Into the Wild)

Question 1

An idea or concept, rather than something tangible

Answer 1

Abstraction

Question 2

Motivated purely by charity or kindness

Answer 2

Altruistic

Question 3

Relating to the study of cultures

Answer 3

Anthropological

Question 4

The legalized separation of people of different races

Answer 4

Apartheid

Question 5

Overlapping wooden boards or shingles

Answer 5

Clapboard

Question 6

Repentant

Answer 6

Contrite

Question 7

Not close to; emotionally separated from

Answer 7

Estranged

Question 8

A building used to elevate and store grain

Answer 8

Grain elevator

Question 9

Overactive

Answer 9

Hyperkinetic

Question 10

In jail

Answer 10

in stir

Question 11

A list of destinations on a trip

Answer 11

Itinerary

Question 12

Items cast overboard from a ship; cast-offs

Answer 12

Jetsam

Question 13

Idealized; sickeningly romantic

Answer 13

mawkish

Question 14

The appearance or behavior

Answer 14

Mien

Question 15

A long, complicated journey

Answer 15

Odyssey

Question 16

Heavy; Burdensome

Answer 16

Onerous

Question 17

Common; low-level

Answer 17

Plebeian

Question 18

Slowness; balance

Answer 18

Stasis

Question 19

A substitute

Answer 19

Surrogate

Question 20

Curls

Answer 20

Tendrils

Question 21

The face

Answer 21

Visage

Question 22

The capacity to be bruised or hurt; tenderness

Answer 22

Vulnerability