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Unit 5 Achievements
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| frigid | very cold |
| treacherous | full of danger |
| triumph | to be successful |
| uninhabited | not live in |
| expedition | a journey with a specific purpose |
| labor | hard work, toil |
| dismantled | took something apart piece by piece |
| abandon | to leave and not return |
| selfish | thinking only of oneself; putting one's own interests and desires before those of others |
| bumbling | making clumsy mistakes |
| cranky | cross or in a bad temper; grouchy |
| commotion | a noisy disturbance; confusion |
| exasperated | annoyed greatly; made angry |
| speciality | a special thing that a person knows a great deal about or can make very well |
| famished | very hungry; starving |
| period | a length of time |
| vessels | ships or large boats |
| valuable | important or worth a lot of money |
| documenting | making a record of an item or event |
| estimated | guessed at |
| skyscrapers | very tall buildings |
| collage | a picture made by pasting paper, cloth, metal, and other things in an arrangement on a surface |
| barbecue | a meal, usually meat, cooked outdoors over an open fire |
| glorious | having or deserving praise or honor; magnificent |
| strutting | walking in a self-important way |
| flicked | Hit or moved with a quick, light snap |
| swarms | large groups of insects flying or moving together |