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

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Auspicious

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Favorable circumstances, good potential, promising

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Contingent

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May or may not happen, uncertain

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Neophyte

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A beginner or novice

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Egregious

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Extraordinary in some bad way, something outrageous or especially wrong