Collection 5: Deep Survival

As you read Laurence Gonzales's "Deep Survival," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 9's Collection 5: Night, Is Survival Selfish?, Deep Survival, The Leap, The End and the Beginning
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  1. Bataan
    the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II; United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945
  2. disintegration
    separation into component parts
  3. deduce
    conclude by reasoning
  4. canopy
    a covering (usually of cloth) that shelters an area
  5. Andes
    a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast
  6. Louis Pasteur
    French chemist and biologist whose discovery that fermentation is caused by microorganisms resulted in the process of pasteurization (1822-1895)
  7. World Trade Center
    twin skyscrapers 110 stories high in New York City
  8. disaster
    an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
  9. conversely
    with the terms of the relation reversed
  10. distill
    undergo condensation
  11. demeanor
    the way a person behaves toward other people
  12. Tom Wolfe
    United States writer who has written extensively on American culture (born in 1931)
  13. hypothermia
    subnormal body temperature
  14. Tao
    the ultimate principle of the universe
  15. Lao-tzu
    Chinese philosopher regarded as the founder of Taoism
  16. Epictetus
    Greek philosopher who was a Stoic (circa 50-130)
  17. Herodotus
    the ancient Greek known as the father of history
  18. Thucydides
    ancient Greek historian remembered for his history of the Peloponnesian War (460-395 BC)
  19. Bible
    the sacred writings of the Christian religions
  20. Bhagavad-Gita
    (Hinduism) the sacred `song of God' composed about 200 BC and incorporated into the Mahabharata (a Sanskrit epic); contains a discussion between Krishna and the Indian hero Arjuna on human nature and the purpose of life
  21. conception
    the event that occurred at the beginning of something
  22. agility
    the gracefulness of a quick and nimble person or animal
  23. endurance
    the power to withstand hardship or stress
  24. ingenuity
    the property of showing inventiveness and skill
  25. resignation
    acceptance of an unpleasant but inevitable situation
Created on Wed Jul 16 15:48:33 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jul 24 11:24:39 EDT 2014)

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