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WorksheetsInto The Wild Vocab. List 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 8mins
Stubbornly perverse or rebellious
altruistic
contumacious
ideologue
indolently
traveling from place to place; working in one place for a comparatively short time and then moving on to work in another place
altruistic
egress
indolently
itinerant
withered
egress
sere
plebian
contumacious
A person who zealously advocates an ideology, which is any body of doctrine, myth, belief, etc. that guides an individual, institution, class, or large group
sere
egress
indolently
ideologue
constituting a beginning; existing at or from the beginning
plebian
bourgeois
primordial
itinerant
common, as opposed to sophisticated
ideologue
plebian
bourgeois
altruistic
belonging to, or consisting of the middle class; conventional
altruistic
indolently
bourgeois
primordial
being lazy; slothful
altruistic
sere
indolently
primordial
unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others
altruistic
egress
contumacious
itinerant
a means or place of going out; an exit
ideologue
egress
bourgeois
contumacious
Due to his nomadic lifestyle, McCandless may seem _ but he is actually working hard to challenge himself.
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Carthage, a town characterized by blue-collar workers and plainness, reflects the common decency of _ values.
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Chris McCandless embraces his _ lifestyle, one at odds with the staid, settled life his parents hoped he would lead.
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McCandless places great value on self-reliance and autonomy, but he views _ as an equally important virtue.
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The _ desert surrounding the Grand Canyon is very different from the lush greenery down beside the river.
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McCandless' _ from the desert is blocked by a flash flood. The path back to civilization is covered in water.
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Krakauer's guides along McCandless' trail are _ Alaskans who do as they please regardless of rules or society's approbation.
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McCandless is a strict _, though his ideals are difficult for him-or anyone else-to live up to.
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Jack London's praise of the _ world and preference for pristine places makes a deep impression on McCandless.
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McCandless rejects the materialistic, _ success of his parents, preferring to live up to a definition of success beyond mere middle-class comfort.
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