Greenland, Tristan de Cunha, Zanzibar Flashcards
area with no dominant vegetation cover
bare land
beautiful, but in a sad way and often in a way that cannot be forgotten
haunting
A ________ place is empty and not attractive, with no people or nothing pleasant in it
desolate
a dead body, usually of a person
corpse
someone or something that represents a quality or an idea exactly
embodiment
an area of land that is permanently frozen below the surface
permafrost
money given as part of the cost of something, to help or encourage it to happen
subsidy
to pay part of the cost of something
to subsidise
exposed to or characterized by strong winds and rain.
storm tossed
to take possession of an area of land or a country, usually by force or without permission
to annex
an offensive word for someone with one black parent and one white parent
mulatto
a small house, usually in the countryside, with a roof that is made from straw (= dried stems of crops) or reeds
thatched cottage
an agreement in an argument in which the people involved reduce their demands or change their opinion in order to agree
to comprise
the state of not being known to many people
obscurity
a time in the past (like yesterday)
yesteryear
friendly and welcoming to guests and visitors
hospitable
a very hard dark wood of a tropical tree, used especially for making furniture
ebony
the hard yellowish-white substance that forms the tusks of some animals such as elephants, used especially in the past to make decorative objects
ivory
to have more than you need
abundance of
something having a border along the edge
fringed by
developing quickly
burgeoning
land that can produce a large number of good quality crops
fertile soil
neither very hot nor very cold climate
temperate climate
a small, dark brown dried flower of an evergreen tree
cloves
roughly calculated or approximate
estimated at
being or relating to a sign that something exists, is true, or is likely to happen
indicative of
in a way that covers a large area or has a great range
extensively
farming
agriculture
to make a picture or idea appear in someone’s mind
conjure up
