CAM 9 TEST 1 READING Flashcards
prompt
encourage, stimulate, motivate
stumbling upon
come across = to find or discover something by
chance and unexpectedly
immersed in
completely involved in
Quinine
a drug used for fighting malaria and other fevers
eminent
famous, prominent
malaria
a disease usually spread by infected mosquitoes
take up
to start
sludge
soft thick mud, especially at the
bottom of a liquid
mucus
a thick liquid produced in parts of
your body such as your nose
grasp
to understand
empress
the female ruler of an empire
flatter
praise somewhat dishonestly
be all the rage
fashionable and popular
clamour for
demand st loudly
go back to the drawing board
start again from the beginning
extra-terrestrial
outer space
haunt
to cause problems for someone over a long period of time
detection
discovery
poised on the brink/edge of something
completely ready to do something or for
something to happen, when it is likely to
happen soon
tenuous
uncertain, weak
attenuate
to weaken
traverse
pass through
transmit
send out
at short notice
if you do something at short
notice, you do not have very much time to
prepare for it
a host of
a large number of
parched
dry
thoroughgoing
very thorough
terrestrial
relating to land
re-tool
to organize sth in a new way
cease to do smt
to stop doing something or stop happening
vertebrate
An animal with a backbone
descend from
to come from
fin
one of the thin body parts that a fish
uses to swim
cluster of something
bunch, group, collection
amphibious
able to live both on land and in water
in the thick of
involved in the busiest,
most active, most dangerous etc part of a
situation
constitute
form
emerge
to come out
primeval
extremely ancient; of earliest time
