what is exploration Flashcards

(40 cards)

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slump down

A

drop, fall, crash, collapse #rise

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grunt=

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mumble, murmur, make a sound

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3
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yonder=

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over there – used to show or explain where

something or someone is

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4
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ancestor=

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forefather, antecedent #descendant

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5
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send out=

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to make a person or a group of people or

things go from one place to various other places

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6
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scout=

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detective, spy

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quest=

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search, hunt, seek #find

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nomadic=

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if someone leads a nomadic life, they travel
from place to place and do not live in any one place for
very long

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depleted=

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reduced, drained, diminished

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negotiate=

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pass, navigate, go around

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come to do sth=

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to begin to have a feeling or opinion

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peculiar=

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strange, weird, unusual, abnormal #normal

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breed=

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type, class, kind, sort

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merely=

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just, only, simply, purely

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seek out

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to try to find someone or something,

especially when this is difficult

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inclined=

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to be likely to do something or behave in a

particular way

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17
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venture out

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to go somewhere that could be

dangerous

18
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take away from

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to spoil the good effect or success

that something has

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enquiring=

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interested, curious, questioning

20
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instinct=

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nature, character, predisposition

21
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marine=

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relating to the sea and the creatures that live

there

22
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fictional=

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imaginary, imagined, fantastic #real

23
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uncultivated=

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fallow, unplanted, unfarmed #cultivated

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delve into

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explore, research, examine, look into

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puny=
a puny person is small, thin, and weak
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crawl over
bò, trườn
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laboriously=
arduously, strenuously, hard #easily
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confine yourself to (doing) sth
restrict, restrain, limit, | keep
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leave sb with sth
if an event, accident, illness etc leaves you in a particular condition, you are in that condition because of it
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scarcely=
barely, hardly #fully
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the workings of sth=
the way that an organization, | machine or organism operates
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define=
describe, state, explain
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dub=
call, name, label
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leading=
famous, outstanding, well-known
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regardless of
irrespective of, despite, notwithstanding, no matter, in spite of, apart from #considering
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bring back
to start to use something again that was | used in the past
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stunt=
something that is done to attract people's | attention, especially in advertising or politics
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unmechanised=
not performed with machines or | involving machines
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tribal=
far, remote, distant
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campaigner=
activist, supporter, promoter