Vocabulary Number One
Into Thin Air
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 “Nobody can speak for the …” at the bottom of page 8: innocuous, wispy,
insubstantial, convection.
2. Paragraph beginning “In 1949…” at the very bottom of page 18: righteous, zeal, prodigious,
tenuously.
3. Paragraph beginning “And climbing provided…” on page 23: rabidly, idealistic, undiluted,
machismo, constituents
Vocabulary Number One
Into Thin Air
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 “Nobody can speak for the …” at the bottom of page 8: innocuous, wispy,
insubstantial, convection.
2. Paragraph beginning “In 1949…” at the very bottom of page 18: righteous, zeal, prodigious,
tenuously.
3. Paragraph beginning “And climbing provided…” on page 23: rabidly, idealistic, undiluted,
machismo, constituents