"Into Thin Air" Vocabulary
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Speculate
Think, guess
Traverse
To cross
Jeopardize
Endanger
Notorious
Famous, usually in an unfavorable sense
Innocuous
Harmless
Benign
Here, favorable, or harmless
Apex
Highest point
Crucial
Highly important
Objective
Using only the facts to explain an idea
Tenuous
Weak
Participatory journalism
When a reporter takes part in the events he/she is reporting
Subjunctive
When opinion is used to explain an idea
Contradiction
When people don't do what they say they will do
Incongruity
When something doesn't quite fit or seem appropriate to a situation
Dramatic irony
When the audience knows something the characters don't
Situational irony
When you expect something that happen and the opposite happens
Verbal irony
When you say something but you mean the opposite
Deteriorate
Worsen
