Into the Wild Vocabulary

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Across
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  2. 7. (adj) - Inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists; indigenous: “Accounts of individuals being poisoned from eating H.mackenzii are nonexistent in modern medical literature, but the aboriginal inhabitants of the North have apparently known for millennia that wild sweet pea is toxic and remain extremely careful not to confuse H. alpinum with H. mackenzii.” (Ch18, Pg 3 on PDF)
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  4. 10. (adj): in a way that is so slight, gradual, or subtle as to not be perceived. “The hardest part” says Walt, his voice cracking almost imperceptibly, “is simply not having him around anymore.” Ch11, Pg 104
  5. 12. (adjective) Occurring or existing only if (certain circumstances) are the case; dependent on.“He is mad about being small when you were big, but no, that’s not it, he is mad about being helpless when you were powerful, but no, not that either, he is mad about being contingent when you were necessary, not quite it, he is insane because when he loved you, you didn’t notice.” Chapter 15 (Page 1 of the PDF)
  6. 14. (verb) -Means drawn on incarcerated. “The cover of which was emblazoned with the family maxim: Glorify hour” (Ch 9 Pg 89)
  7. 16. (adj) - Emitting light as a result of being heated: “A stripe of incandescent sky burns beneath the cloud base on the north-western horizon.” (Ch 17, Pg 180)
  8. 17. (adj) - Definition: Pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or interest that are similar to one’s own. “He was congenial, and he seemed well educated.” (Ch 1, Pg 5)
  9. 18. (Noun): A person’s face, with reference to the form or proportions of the features. “While above their heads across parrots sneering visage flickers across a silent television screen.” Chapter 3 , Page 16
  10. 19. Noun (To consign =verb). A batch of goods destined for or delivered to someone. “One afternoon while McCandless was tending the book table at the Niland swap meet, somebody left a portable electric organ with Burres to sell on consignment.”
Down
  1. 1. (adverb) ch 14 page 134 “as a youth i am told i was willful, self-absorbed, intermittently reckless, moody.” At irregular intervals; not continuously or steadily.
  2. 2. (adj) “To the contrary, he enjoyed tipping the glass now and then and was an incorrigible ham” Ch 12 Pg 115 Incapable of being corrected or amended
  3. 3. (Adj) “Thompson Samuel and Swanson however contumacious Alaskans with a special fondness for driving mortar vehicles aren't designed to be driven.” Definition: stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority (Krakauer 2.11)
  4. 5. (noun): Abstinence from sexual activity. “Chastity and moral purity were qualities McCandless mulled over long and often” (Ch 7 Pg 65)
  5. 6. (noun) – the final point or end of something. “The healy terminus of the Stampede Trail is traveled by a handful of dog mushers, ski tourers, and snow-machine enthusiasts during the winter months, but only until the frozen rivers begin to break up, in late March or early April. (Chapter 16)(Page 136)
  6. 7. (verb): Ch 8, page 72 “McCandless' contrived asceticism and a pseudo literary stance compound rather than reduce the fault.” the practice of strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline
  7. 9. (adj) - Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline: “In both photos Chris stares at the lens with the same pensive, recalcitrant squint, as if he’d been interrupted in the middle of an important thought and was annoyed to be wasting his time in front of the camera.” (Ch13, Pg 2 on the PDF)
  8. 11. (adj): using few words : devoid of superfluity. “Many of the entries in the brief, perplexing diaries recovered with the body were terse observations of flora and fauna, which fueled speculation that McCandless was a field biologist.” Ch10, Pg 99
  9. 13. (Verb): The recreational activity of going for long-distance walks in rough country. “I’ve been tramping around Arizona for about a month now.” Chapter 4, page 33
  10. 15. Adjective. Belonging to a period other than that being portrayed. “On January 4, 1993, this writer received an unusual letter, penned in a shaky, anachronistic script that suggested an elderly author.”