Vocabulary • Ch 9 - Into the Wild • Definitions

What is the definition of 'sustain'?

• To keep something going or alive

• To strongly dislike or have contempt for

• Pretending to be someone else

• To dig up or uncover something buried

What word means to live in or occupy a place?

• attain

• insolent

• dwell

• disdain

What word means a place where people live?

• dwelling

• obscure

• sheer

• disdain

What is the definition of 'compose'?

• Pretending to be someone else

• To achieve or reach a goal

• Layers of rock or soil below the ground

• To create or make something

What word means hard to see or understand clearly?

• sheer

• embedded

• affectation

• obscure

What word means to think and plan carefully before deciding?

• deliberate

• obscure

• affectation

• topography

What is the definition of 'topography'?

• To live in or occupy a place

• To be fixed or attached firmly

• Pretending to be someone else

• The shape or features of the land

What is the definition of 'sheer'?

• Very thin or transparent material

• A small part taken from a longer text

• To think and plan carefully before deciding

• To keep something going or alive

What is the definition of 'detach'?

• Not trustworthy or loyal

• To think and plan carefully before deciding

• To separate or remove something from another thing

• Very thin or transparent material

What is the definition of 'disdain'?

• To strongly dislike or have contempt for

• Hard to see or understand clearly

• To live in or occupy a place

• To make someone do something