Chapter 5 Vocab (Into the Wild) Flashcards
1
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materialistic
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Bourgeois
2
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Members of a community who vote to elect their leaders
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Constituents
3
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Residents
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Denizens
4
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Claimed to champion
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Espoused
5
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Foolish, ridiculous
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Fatuous
6
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Someone who follows a defined set of ideas or way of thinking
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Ideologue
7
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Crude or ignorant people
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Lumpen
8
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containing a contradiction
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Oxymoronic
9
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having holes or gaps that allows something to pass through or be absorbed
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Porous
10
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The basic or primitive developmental level; fundamental
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Primordial
11
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Rheumy
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Runny; watery
12
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Inactive; lacking exercise
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Sedentary
13
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Heavy; graceless
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Turgid
