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UNIT 3 TRAVELERS

Accomplish (v): to succeed in reaching (a stage in a progression).

Anxious (adj): ardently or earnestly wishing.Bet (v): to risk money on a race or an event by trying to predict the result.

Bloom (v): to produce or yield flowers.

Bohemian (adj): a person (such as a writer or an artist) living an unconventional life.

Cell (n): a small compartment, cavity, or bounded space.

Handicrafts (n): the articles fashioned by those engaged in occupations requiring skill with the hands.

Indigenous (adj): the earliest known inhabitants of a place.

Junction (n): a place where things,especially roads or railways, come together.

Leviathan (n): a large sea animal.

Linen (n): clothing or household articles made of linen cloth or similar fabric.

Palanquin (n): a structure formerly used in East Asia for transporting one person consisting of a box that is carried by four or six people by means of two long poles.

Scenery (n): a picturesque view or landscape.

Snow-capped (adj): covered with snow.

Sparsely (adv): of few and scattered elements.

Springs (n): a source of water issuing from the ground.

Stretch (v): to extend in length.

Wave (v): to motion with the hands or with something held in them in signal or salute.

UNIT 4 MEDIA & THE NEWS

Award (v): to confer something to someone on the basis of merit.

Cautious (adj): careful about avoiding danger or risk.

Gossip (n): rumor or report of an intimate nature.

Maid (n): a woman or girl employed to do domestic work.

Mislead (v): to lead in a wrong direction or into a mistaken action or belief often by deliberate deceit.

Professor (n): a faculty member of the highest academic rank at an institution of higher education.

Quit (v): to stop doing something.

Redundant (adj): no longer needed for a job.Satire (n): irony or sarcasm.

Spread (v): to make widely known.

Tool (n): a means to an end.

Ulterior (adj): going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper.Waste (n): something spent or used carelessly.Zookeeper (n): one who maintains or cares for animals in a zoo.

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