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Unit 1 Lets Explore
Reading 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| shimmer | to shine with a faint, wavering light |
| eerie | strange in a scary way |
| lurk | to lie hidden |
| swallows | several groups of small birds having a slender body and forked tail |
| swallow | to cause food or other substances to pass from the mouth into the stomach |
| climate | the average weather conditions of a place or region through the year |
| silken | made of silk, like silk in appearance |
| lumbering | moving in a slow, clumsy way |
| assignments | tasks that are given out or assigned |
| consideration | thoughtfulness for other people and their feelings; something carefully thought about |
| allergies | conditiond that cause a person to have an unpleasant reaction to certain things that are harmless to most people |
| accuse | to say that a person has done something wrong or illegal |
| suspicious | feeling doubt and mistrust; causing the feeling that something is wrong |
| evidence | proof of something |
| consume | to eat or drink |
| endless | having no limit or end |
| realistic | seeing things as they are, practical |
| universe | everything that exists, including earth, the planets, the stars, and all of space |
| astronaut | a person trained to fly in a spacecraft |
| sensible | having or showing sound judgment; wise |
| protested | complained against something |
| paralyzed | having lost movement or sensensation in a part of the body |
| paralyzed | powerless or helpless |
| disgusted | having a strong feeling of dislike |
| raft | a kind of flat boat made of logs or boards fastened together |
| scattered | spread or thrown about here and there |
| cluttered | filled with a messy collection of things |
| downstream | moving in the same direction as the current of a stream |
| nuzzle | to touch or rub with the nose |