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Panama Canal 11-21
Vocabulary 11-21 for Panama Canal
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Foresee | to predict |
| Malaria and yellow fever | diseases common in the jungle |
| Corruption | dishonesty or improper behavior, as by a person in a position of authority |
| Mismanagement | to manage badly or ineptly |
| Excavate | to remove by digging or scooping out |
| Dredges, derricks | types of construction equipment |
| Pestholes | places full of pests, or problems, such as bugs and disease |
| Lock | an enclosed area on a canal in which gates close off the water at one level and the water is then raised or lowered to reach the level of the next lake |
| Lock-and-lake canal | a canal in which several lakes at different elevations are connected by a series of locks |
| Tidal variations | the water level that rises and falls as the ocean's tides change |
| Diplomats | government workers whose job it is to work out problems between their government and governments of other countries |