Vocabulary • Ch 2 - Into the Wild • Fill in the blanks

The hiker marveled at the massive _________ as it slowly moved down the mountainside.

• implication

• incongruous

• cursory

• glacier

The artist will _________ a beautiful painting.

• render

• incongruous

• deter

• rampart

The heavy rain caused a _________ of water to flow down the street.

• opaque

• torrent

• anomaly

• render

The _________ walked along the ancient winding path, carrying only a small bag.

• desolate

• render

• anomaly

• pilgrim

The abandoned house stood in the _________ neighborhood.

• mirth

• desolate

• render

• omit

She delivered a _________ response to his question.

• desolate

• terse

• opaque

• autopsy

The pathologist conducted an extensive _________ to determine the cause of death.

• infallible

• autopsy

• futile

• ominous

The high security measures in place are meant to _________ intruders.

• mirth

• rampart

• infallible

• deter

The meaning of the poem was _________ and difficult to decipher.

• futile

• incongruous

• glacier

• opaque

The abandoned building was a _________, full of graffiti and broken windows.

• rampart

• futile

• cursory

• derelict