Into the Wild Vocab

Question 1

Contrite

Answer 1

(adj.) filled with a sense of guilt; showing remote

Question 2

Earnestly

Answer 2

(adv.) serious in intention, purpose, or effort (also earnest n and adv)

Question 3

Eremitic

Answer 3

(adj.) reclusive, living in seclusion, shut off from others

Question 4

Recalcitrant

Answer 4

(adj or n) resisting authority, not obedient, hard to manage

Question 5

Garrulous

Answer 5

(adj.) excessively talkative in a roundabout manner (also garrulously - adv. garrulousness - n.)

Question 6

Clemency

Answer 6

(n.) the tendency to show forgiveness or mercy

Question 7

Upbraid

Answer 7

(v.) to find fault with, reprimand, yell at

Question 8

Eminent

Answer 8

(adj.) high in rank, prominent, distinguished

Question 9

Onerous

Answer 9

(adj.) burdensome, oppressive (onerously (adv.) onerousness (n.)

Question 10

Oblique

Answer 10

(adv.) indirectly (obliquely (adv.) obliqueness (n.)

Question 11

Fatuous

Answer 11

(adj.) foolish or inane (fatuously (adv.) and fatuousness (n.)

Question 12

Taciturn

Answer 12

(adj.) a person who doesn’t say much, is quiet (taciturnly (adv.)

Question 13

Indignant

Answer 13

(adj.) feeling strong displeasure at something unjust or offensive, infuriated (indignantly (adv.)

Question 14

Lambaste

Answer 14

(v.) to reprimand or criticize harshly

Question 15

Disquietude

Answer 15

(n.) uneasiness or anxiety