Into the Wild Vocabulary (1-15)

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15 Terms

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transcendent

something so excellent that it's beyond the range of human understanding.

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2

peregrination

a long journey or period of wandering

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3

asceticism

rigorous self-denial, particularly the rejection of the pleasures of the world.

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4

fulminate

explode (bomb, experiment, or person)

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5

contumacious

stubbornly disobedient; resisting authority

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mawkish

excessively sentimental; so sappy it's sickening

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7

altruism

the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others

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8

desiccate

dry out; lacking vitality; spiritless; with

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9

surfeit

the state of being more than full

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10

recalcitrant

stubbornly resistant to authority or control

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11

indolent

slow or lazy

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12

histrionic

the characteristic of over-dramatizing things; over-acts

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13

recondite

really hard to comprehend; hard for the average mind to understand

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14

banality

boring or overused remark

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15

obsequious

attempting to win favor from influential people through flattery

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