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Vocabulary Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adobe | built with bricks made from clay baked in the sun |
| highland | region that is higher and hillier than the neighboring countryside |
| terraces | flat, raised levels of land with straight or sloping sides |
| curiosity | an eager desire to know or learn |
| glorious | magnificent; splendid |
| granite | very hard gray or pink rock that is formed when lava cools slowly underground |
| ruins | what is left after a building, wall, etc. has fallen to pieces |
| terraced | formed into a flat, level land with steep sides to create more space for farming |
| thickets | bushes or small trees growing close together |
| torrent | violent, rushing stream of water |
| remote | out of the way; secluded |
| rugged | covered with rough and uneven edges |
| ventured | dared to go to a new or unknown place |