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Into Thin Air wk 1
vocab for novel
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| proximity | nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation |
| negligible | so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may safely be neglected or disregarded |
| waning | to decrease in strength, intensity |
| illustrious | highly distinguished; renowned |
| acuainted | having personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.; informed (usually fol. by with ) |
| dubious | doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt |
| deteriorate | to disintegrate or wear away |
| dallied | to waste time; loiter; delay |
| nostalgia | a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time |
| camaraderie | comradeship; good-fellowship. |
| aesthic | pertaining to a sense of the beautiful or to the science of aesthetics. |
| tenuous | thin or slender in form, as a thread. |