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Unit 5 Achievements
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Question | Answer |
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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 |