Vocabulary - location-origin-geography

Question 1

bower

Answer 1

a pleasant shady place under trees or climbing plants in a garden or wood.

Question 2

nether

Answer 2

situated down or below : lower

Question 3

playa

Answer 3

an area of flat, dried-up land, especially a desert basin from which water evaporates quickly

Question 4

chaparral

Answer 4

An area covered by a dense growth of mostly small-leaved evergreen shrubs, especially in central and southern California

Question 5

lea

Answer 5

an open area of grassy or arable land; a field

Question 6

littoral

Answer 6

Of, pertaining to, or living on a shore

Question 7

brae

Answer 7

a steep bank or hillside

Question 8

medina

Answer 8

1. the old Arab quarter of a North African city 2. It is considered by Muslims to be the second most holy city after Mecca, and a visit to the prophet’s tomb at Medina often forms a sequel to the formal pilgrimage to Mecca

Question 9

acropolis

Answer 9

the citadel or high fortified area of an ancient Greek city. 2. the Acropolis, the citadel of Athens and the site of the Parthenon

Question 10

netherworld

Answer 10

1 : the world of the dead; hell. 2 : a hidden underworld or ill-defined area

Question 11

promontory

Answer 11

a point of high land that juts out into a large body of water; a headland

Question 12

rivulet

Answer 12

a small stream

Question 13

refectory

Answer 13

dining hall; room where meals are served

Question 14

necropolis

Answer 14

a cemetery, esp. a large one belonging to an ancient city

Question 15

confluence, -nt (n)

Answer 15

A stream that unites with another

Question 16

crevasse

Answer 16

A deep crack or fissure in the ice of a glacier

Question 17

levee

Answer 17

1. raised bank of a river; 2. morning reception held by a monarch

Question 18

cataract

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1. a large waterfall 2. a medical condition in which the lens of the eye become progressively opaque, resulting in blurred vision

Question 19

sylvan

Answer 19

pertaining to the woods or the country

Question 20

ria

Answer 20

a long narrow inlet formed by the partial submergence of a river valley

Question 21

austral

Answer 21

relating to the south, in particular, the southern hemisphere

Question 22

creche

Answer 22

a place where babies are looked after while their parents work, shop, etc.; Go down the Green Avenue and you will find a string of crèches and day-care centres.

Question 23

esplanade

Answer 23

An esplanade or promenade is a long, open, level area, usually next to a river or large body of water, where people may walk. The original meaning of esplanade was a large, open, level area outside fortress or city walls to provide clear fields of fire for the fortress’ guns

Question 24

favela

Answer 24

a Brazilian shack or shanty town; a slum

Question 25

riparian

Answer 25

related to situated or dwelling on the bank of a river or other body of water

Question 26

whence

Answer 26

from what place or source

Question 27

recursive

Answer 27

lying, flat, horizontal,

Question 28

Rialto

Answer 28

an island in Venice containing the old mercantile quarter of medieval Venice

Question 29

recumbent

Answer 29

(esp. of a person) lying down

Question 30

sanatorium, sanitarium

Answer 30

an institution for the preservation or recovery of health, esp. for convalescence; health resort

Question 31

endemic

Answer 31

inherent; belonging to an area (usually refers to a disease or a plant)

Question 32

temporal

Answer 32

of this earth or world

Question 33

eclectic

Answer 33

drawn from many sources

Question 34

cape

Answer 34

a promontory

Question 35

mead

Answer 35

A meadow

Question 36

provenance

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1.place of origin or earliest known history of something. 2. a record of ownership of a work of art or an antique, used as a guide to authenticity or quality.

Question 37

in situ

Answer 37

in its original place

Question 38

bucolic

Answer 38

of or relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life

Question 39

hermitage

Answer 39

a hideaway; home of a hermit

Question 40

El Dorado

Answer 40

1. : a city or country of fabulous riches held by 16th century explorers to exist in South America. 2. : a place of fabulous wealth or opportunity

Question 41

intramural

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a : being or occurring within the limits usually of a community, organization, or institution b : competed only within the student body 2 : situated or occurring within the substance of the walls of an organ

Question 42

antechamber

Answer 42

A waiting room for those who seek audience

Question 43

bayou

Answer 43

a marshy arm, inlet, or outlet of a lake, river, etc., usually sluggish or stagnant. 2. any of various other often boggy and slow-moving or still bodies of water.

Question 44

boudoir

Answer 44

A woman’s dressing room, bedroom, or private sitting room.

Question 45

Levant

Answer 45

a former name for the area of the E Mediterranean now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel. from Old French, from the present participle of lever to raise (referring to the rising of the sun in the east), from Latin levāre.

Question 46

oases

Answer 46

pl of oasis (a fertile spot in a desert where water is found)

Question 47

terra firma

Answer 47

dry and solid ground as compared to air or water

Question 48

proximate

Answer 48

immediate; nearest

Question 49

warren

Answer 49

a network of interconnecting rabbit burrow

Question 50

sluice

Answer 50

n. 1. an artificial channel for conducting water, with a valve or gate to regulate the flow; a valve or gate used in such a channel; a floodgate. 2. a body of water impounded behind a floodgate. 3. a sluiceway. 4. a long inclined trough, as for carrying logs or separating gold ore

Question 51

topo

Answer 51

(No American informal) a topographic map