Vocab Ch 26-30 Flashcards
charter flight
with package-/all-inclusive holiday
stopover
a stop before you continue your travels
exotic
unusual or exciting
through train
direct train
half and full board
talking about meals you get
discerning
showing good judgement, especially about style and quality
tracts
areas of land
awe-inspiring
it fills you with a sense of power and beauty of what you are looking at
ramble
long, pleasant walk, not too demanding
trek
a walk over several days over wild country
scenic
having views of the attractive, natural things in the countryside
heartland
the inland areas furthers away from the sea or borders with other countries
arid
dry
tundra
area in the north with no trees and permanently frozen ground
coniferous
in leaf all year round
deciduous
lose leaves in winter
prairies
flat grasslands in Canada and northern USA
paddy fields
rice fields
cereals
type of grass cultivated to produce a grain
indigenous
existing naturally in that place
nippy
cold
sweltering
hot
roasting
hot
sultry
hot and humid
stifling
hot and humid
deluge
huge rainfall
muggy
humid
clammy
humid
sunny disposition
hardly ever miserable
snowed under with
lots of things to do
leaving under a cloud
under suspicion
building something/someone up
praising/increase expectations
coming up against a brick wall
meeting a barrier
glass ceiling
a barrier stopping woman from rising to top positions at work
floor gave way
fainting
hitting the roof
getting angry
living in an ivory tower
not knowing about the unpleasant and ordinary things that happen in life
doing something through the back door
doing something unofficially
