Into Thin Air Vocab Flashcards
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Hubris
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Excessive pride
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Prudence
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Caution and discretion for the future, being practical
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Censorious
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Extremely critical, criticizing
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Disquietude
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The state of feeling anxiety or uneasy
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Carnage
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The slaughter of people, dead people
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Massif
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A compound block of mt range, containing one or more summits
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Augur
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To predict omens or signs
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Phantasmal
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Unreal, illusory, spectral
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Serac
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A large irregularity of ice
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Sherpa
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A person who lives in the Tibet area that act as porters
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Appellation
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A name, title, or designation
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Animism
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The belief that natural objects and the universe possesses a soul
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Lucre
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Money reward or gain
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Ignoble
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Of low quality or aim, poor intentions, not humble
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Queue
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A line, ESP of ppl waiting
