"a Boy And A Man" Vocab

Front 1

crevasse

Back 1

a fissure, or deep cleft, in glacial ice, the earth's surface, etc

Front 2

glacier

Back 2

an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.

Front 3

despair

Back 3

loss of hope; hopelessness

Front 4

prone

Back 4

having a natural inclination or tendency to something; disposed;liable

Front 5

taut

Back 5

tightly drawn; tense; not slack

Front 6

pummeled

Back 6

to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists

Front 7

reconnoiter

Back 7

to inspect, observe, or survey (the enemy, the enemy's strength or position, a region, etc.) in order to gain information for military purposes.

Front 8

frantically

Back 8

desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.

Front 9

unendurable

Back 9

capable of being endured; bearable; tolerable

Front 10

astonished

Back 10

to fill with sudden and overpowering surprise or wonder; amaze

Front 11

imbecile

Back 11

Informal. a dunce; blockhead; dolt

Front 12

unconsciously

Back 12

not conscious; without awareness, sensation, or cognition

Front 13

venture

Back 13

an undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, especially a risky or dangerous one

Front 14

citadel

Back 14

a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege

Front 15

spellbound

Back 15

bound by or as if by a spell; enchanted, entranced, or fascinated

Front 16

presuming

Back 16

to take for granted, assume, or suppose

Front 17

chimney (mountain defintion)

Back 17

to ascend or descend (a chimney) by repeated bracing of one's feet or back and feet against opposite walls.

Front 18

apprentice

Back 18

a person who works for another in order to learn a trade

Front 19

lifeline

Back 19

a line, fired across a ship or boat, by means of which a hawser for a breeches buoy may be hauled aboard.

Front 20

embedded

Back 20

to fix into a surrounding mass