Chapter 9&10 Vocab (Into the Wild)

Question 1

Hermits

Answer 1

Anchorites

Question 2

Exhibiting characteristics of distant ancestors or of early man

Answer 2

Atavistic

Question 3

Lightweight boats developed in Ireland

Answer 3

Curraghs

Question 4

A route notable for its narrowness; a gorge

Answer 4

Defile

Question 5

Dried out

Answer 5

Desiccated

Question 6

Fleeting; dying quickly

Answer 6

Ephemeral

Question 7

One who seeks beauty

Answer 7

Esthete

Question 8

The philosophy that beauty is an important basis of moral good

Answer 8

Esthetics

Question 9

Personal markings in public spaces, similar to graffiti

Answer 9

Graffito

Question 10

A log and mud shelter characteristic of the Navajo

Answer 10

Hogan

Question 11

Worked one’s way in

Answer 11

Insinuated

Question 12

Ridiculous

Answer 12

Ludicrous

Question 13

A grid

Answer 13

Matrix

Question 14

those who develop a myth about another person

Answer 14

Mythographers

Question 15

A French word meaning pen name

Answer 15

Nom de plume

Question 16

Carvings in rock walls

Answer 16

Petroglyphs

Question 17

Pictures from an earlier era drawn or painted on a rock wall

Answer 17

Pictographs

Question 18

Broken bits of pottery

Answer 18

Pot-sherds

Question 19

A layer of rock in a larger formation

Answer 19

Stratum

Question 20

A natural land form caused by accumulated rocks and dirt

Answer 20

Talus

Question 21

Truth

Answer 21

Veracity

Question 22

Very High-frequency radio

Answer 22

VHF