the great or extreme scale, seriousness, or extent of something perceived as bad or morally wrong

(of a smile or laugh) lacking real amusement and typically expressing irony

the quality of being infallible; the inability to be wrong.

(especially of a defendant's behavior) stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority

keep from being seen; conceal.

a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall) or the quality of yielding nothing of value

without the basic necessities of life

gymnastic exercises to achieve bodily fitness and grace of movement.

irritating; annoying

“The Slabs functions as the seasonal capital of a teeming itinerant society—a tolerant, rubber-tired culture comprising the retired, the exiled, the _____________, the perpetually unemployed”(Krakauer 43).

“ He did __________________ each morning to get in shape for the rigors of the bush and discussed backcountry survival strategies at length with Bob, a self styled survivalist”(Krakauer 45)

“ If he went to the rangers, however, they would have some ______________ questions for him…”(Krakauer 28)

“The mind is beset by light and space, the kinesthetic novelty of ___________, high temperature, and wind”(Krakauer 27).

“In other habitats, the rim of sky above the horizontal is broken or _________________; here, together with the overhead portion, it is infinitely vaster than that of rolling countryside and forest lands…”(Krakuaer 27)

“Thompson, Samel, and Swanson, however, are ___________________ Alaskans with a special fondness for driving motor vehicles where motor vehicles aren’t really designed to be driven”(Krakauer 11).

“There was a hint in it of laughter, but of a laughter more terrible than any sadness—a laughter that was ____________ as the smile of the Sphinx, a laughter cold as the frost and partaking of the grimness of infallibility”(Krakauer 9 )

“Alaska has long been a magnet for dreamers and misfits, people who think the unsullied ____________ of the Last Frontier will patch all the holes in their lives”(Krakauer 6 )

“Alaska has long been a magnet for dreamers and misfits, people who think the ________________ enormity of the Last Frontier will patch all the holes in their lives”(Krakauer 6).

“There was a hint in it of laughter, but of a laughter more terrible than any sadness—a laughter that was mirthless as the smile of the Sphinx, a laughter cold as the frost and partaking of the grimness of __________”(Krakauer 9 )