WorksheetsInto the Wild Vocabulary
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 24mins
“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).
mirthless
contumacious
destitute
irksome
“ 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)
destitute
irksome
aridity
calisthenics
If he went to the rangers, however, they would have some ______________ questions for him…”(Krakauer 28)
unsullied
irksome
enormity
mirthless
“The mind is beset by light and space, the kinesthetic novelty of ___________, high temperature, and wind”(Krakauer 27).
mirthless
infallibility
aridity
obscured
“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)
obscured
mirthless
contumacious
irksome
“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).
infallibility
contumacious
aridity
irksome
“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 )
unsullied
aridity
mirthless
destitute
“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 )
mirthless
aridity
enormity
irksome
“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).
mirthless
destitute
aridity
unsullied
a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall) or the quality of yielding nothing of value
destitute
calisthenics
irksome
aridity
What does "ambled" mean?
To walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace
To claim moral standards
To doubt the truth of something
To make marks that cannot be removed
What does "sojourn" mean?
To stay somewhere temporarily
To indulge in past events
To doubt the truth of something
To represent artistically
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.
mirthless
contumacious
destitute
irksome
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.
destitute
irksome
aridity
calisthenics
If he went to the rangers, however, they would have some ______________ questions for him…
unsullied
irksome
enormity
mirthless
The mind is beset by light and space, the kinesthetic novelty of ___________, high temperature, and wind.
mirthless
infallibility
aridity
obscured
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…
obscured
mirthless
contumacious
irksome
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.
infallibility
contumacious
aridity
irksome
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.
unsullied
aridity
mirthless
destitute
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.
mirthless
aridity
enormity
irksome
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.
mirthless
destitute
aridity
unsullied
A deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall) or the quality of yielding nothing of value.
destitute
calisthenics
irksome
aridity
What does 'ambled' mean?
To walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace
To claim moral standards
To doubt the truth of something
To make marks that cannot be removed
What does 'sojourn' mean?
To stay somewhere temporarily
To indulge in past events
To doubt the truth of something
To represent artistically
