Greenland, Tristan de Cunha, Zanzibar Flashcards

1
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area with no dominant vegetation cover

A

bare land

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2
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beautiful, but in a sad way and often in a way that cannot be forgotten

A

haunting

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3
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A ________ place is empty and not attractive, with no people or nothing pleasant in it

A

desolate

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4
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a dead body, usually of a person

A

corpse

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5
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someone or something that represents a quality or an idea exactly

A

embodiment

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6
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an area of land that is permanently frozen below the surface

A

permafrost

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7
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money given as part of the cost of something, to help or encourage it to happen

A

subsidy

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8
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to pay part of the cost of something

A

to subsidise

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9
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exposed to or characterized by strong winds and rain.

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storm tossed

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10
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to take possession of an area of land or a country, usually by force or without permission

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to annex

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11
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an offensive word for someone with one black parent and one white parent

A

mulatto

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12
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a small house, usually in the countryside, with a roof that is made from straw (= dried stems of crops) or reeds

A

thatched cottage

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13
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an agreement in an argument in which the people involved reduce their demands or change their opinion in order to agree

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to comprise

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14
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the state of not being known to many people

A

obscurity

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15
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a time in the past (like yesterday)

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yesteryear

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16
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friendly and welcoming to guests and visitors

A

hospitable

17
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a very hard dark wood of a tropical tree, used especially for making furniture

A

ebony

18
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the hard yellowish-white substance that forms the tusks of some animals such as elephants, used especially in the past to make decorative objects

A

ivory

19
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to have more than you need

A

abundance of

19
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something having a border along the edge

A

fringed by

20
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developing quickly

A

burgeoning

21
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land that can produce a large number of good quality crops

A

fertile soil

22
Q

neither very hot nor very cold climate

A

temperate climate

23
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a small, dark brown dried flower of an evergreen tree

A

cloves

24
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roughly calculated or approximate

A

estimated at

25
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being or relating to a sign that something exists, is true, or is likely to happen

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indicative of

26
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in a way that covers a large area or has a great range

A

extensively

27
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farming

A

agriculture

28
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to make a picture or idea appear in someone’s mind

A

conjure up