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English L4: Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acclimate(d) | to become used to new changes in temperature, environment, etc. |
| altimeter | an instrument which measures altitude |
| askew | out of line or order |
| beriberi | a disease caused by a lack of certain vitamins |
| bitumen | dark, black mixture such as coal, asphalt or tar |
| captious | being quick to find fault; trying to entrap |
| chink | a narrow crack |
| cloister(ed) | to shut away from the world |
| coil(ed) | spiral, to wind into rings |
| degenerate | sink to a lower level |
| dories | flat-bottomed rowboats |
| fauna | animals |
| fjord | a place along the coast where the sea goes in between cliffs, etc. |
| flora | flowers |
| futility | uselessness |
| gnash(ings) | to grind or to strike |
| irony | a literary term which means an inconsistency between expectation and outcome |
| phantom(s) | something you can sense that has no substantial existence |
| reptilian | resembling a reptile |
| shallow(s) | a shallow place in the water |
| uncanny | mysterious; weird |
| venom | poisonous matter secreted by a snake |