Unit 2: Novel Study: Into the Wild, Author's Note–Chapter 9

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  1. amalgam
    a combination or blend of diverse things
  2. derelict
    an abandoned ship
  3. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  4. upbraid
    express criticism towards
  5. currency
    the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
  6. excursion
    a journey taken for pleasure
  7. subsist
    support oneself
  8. raze
    tear down so as to make flat with the ground
  9. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
  10. sedentary
    requiring sitting or little activity
  11. placid
    not easily irritated
  12. substantial
    fairly large
  13. claustrophobic
    abnormally afraid of closed-in places
  14. burgeon
    grow and flourish
  15. immaculate
    completely neat and clean
  16. surfeit
    the state of being more than full
  17. ascetic
    someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
  18. forsake
    leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
  19. histrionic
    overly dramatic or emotional
  20. forage
    collect or look around for, as food
  21. harrowing
    causing extreme distress
  22. copious
    large in number or quantity
  23. voluminous
    large in capacity or bulk
  24. affable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  25. margin
    the boundary line or area immediately inside the boundary
  26. emaciated
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
  27. desolate
    providing no shelter or sustenance
Created on Mon Dec 07 13:55:02 EST 2020 (updated Tue Feb 02 11:03:18 EST 2021)

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