ERWC Into the Wild Vocab ch. 4-7

Egress(v)

Going out

Indolently(adv.)

lazy, inactive

Saline(adj)

Containing or impregnated with salt.

Sere(adj)

Withered, Dry

Bourgeois(adj)

Relating to the middle class, often associated with materialism and conventional values.

Lumpen(noun)

A member of the crude and uneducated lowest class of society

Itinerant(adj)

Traveling

Primordial(adj)

Primal, basic form of development

Fatuous(adj)

Satisfied and stupid

Sedentary(adj)

Sitting, remaining in one area

Hegira(noun)

A journey especially when undertaken to escape from a dangerous or undesirable situation.

Desiccated(adj)

Having had all moisture removed; dried out

Destitute(adj)

Without the basic necessities of life

Harangues(noun)

A lengthy and aggressive speech or lecture.

Fulminate(verb)

Express intense protest

Purports(verb)

Appear or claim to be or do something. Especially falsely; profess