Into Thin Air
Vocabulary #2
1. Read the section and locate the vocabulary word.
2. Guess the meaning of the word and identify the part of speech: adverb, adjective, noun or verb.
3. Look up the word and write down the definition that makes the most sense in the sentence as
well as the part of speech.
1. Paragraph beginning “Even before..” on page 23: calamitous, proliferation,
purists
2. Paragraph beginning “Harris, who was 31…” on page 32: Palpable, unalloyed
3. Paragraph beginning “Gregarious by nature…” on page 33: raconteur,
caustic, impish
4. Paragraph beginning “Glancing around the helicopter’s…”: capacious,
taciturn, garrulous, cerebral
Into Thin Air
Vocabulary #2
4. Read the section and locate the vocabulary word.
5. Guess the meaning of the word and identify the part of speech: adverb, adjective, noun or verb.
6. Look up the word and write down the definition that makes the most sense in the sentence as
well as the part of speech.
5. Paragraph beginning “Even before..” on page 23: calamitous, proliferation,
purists
6. Paragraph beginning “Harris, who was 31…” on page 32: Palpable, unalloyed
7. Paragraph beginning “Gregarious by nature…” on page 33: raconteur,
caustic, impish
8. Paragraph beginning “Glancing around the helicopter’s…”: capacious,
taciturn, garrulous, cerebral