Wilderness, forest and bears: Suite dreams at Quebec's hotel Sacacomie Flashcards
burried
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exciting, adjective
|ikˈsītiNG|
Ex.: an exciting breakthrough.
causing great enthusiasm and eagerness.
• sexually arousing.
lodge, noun
|läj|
Ex.: a hunting lodge.
Ex.: Cumberland Lodge.
1 a small house at the gates of a park or in the grounds of a large house, typically occupied by a gatekeeper, gardener, or other employee.
• a small country house occupied in season for sports such as hunting, shooting, fishing, and skiing.
• a large house or hotel.
• a porter’s quarters at the main entrance of a college or other large building.
• the residence of a head of a college, esp. at Cambridge.
• an American Indian hut.
• a beaver’s den.
2 a branch or meeting place of an organization such as the Freemasons.
heliport, noun
|ˈheləˌpôrt|
Ex.:
an airport or landing place for helicopters.
wind, verb
|wīnd|
verb ( past and past participle wound
|wound| )
Ex.: The path wound among olive trees.
[ no obj. ] move in or take a twisting or spiral course.
striped, adjective
|strīpt|
Ex.: A green-striped coat.
marked with or having stripes: [ in combination ].
chipmunk, noun
|ˈCHipˌməNGk|
a burrowing ground squirrel with cheek pouches and light and dark stripes running down the body, found in North America and northern Eurasia.
imposing, adjective
|imˈpōziNG|
Ex.: An imposing 17th-century manor house.
grand and impressive in appearance
orangey (also orangy ), adjective
a bright reddish-yellow color like that of the skin of a ripe orange.
Inuit, noun
|ˈin(y)o͞o-it|
a member of an indigenous people of northern Canada and parts of Greenland and Alaska.
beam
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taxidermy, noun
|ˈtaksəˌdərmē|
the art of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals with lifelike effect.
darted
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mellowed
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caribou, noun
|ˈkarəˌbo͞o|
noun ( pl. same or caribous )
a large North American reindeer.
porcupine, noun
|ˈpôrkyəˌpīn|
a large rodent with defensive spines or quills on the body and tail.
weasel
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stuffiness
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fringed
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feasted
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utter, adjective [ attrib. ]
|ˈətər|
Ex.: Charles stared at her in utter amazement.
complete; absolute
lush
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still, noun
|stil|
Ex.: still of country; the still of the night.
deep silence and calm; stillness.
grate, noun
|grāt|
1 the recess of a fireplace or furnace.
• a metal frame confining fuel in a fireplace or furnace.
blare, verb
|ble(ə)r|
Ex.: [ no obj. ] the ambulance arrived outside, siren blaring | [ with obj. ] : the radio was blaring out organ music.
make or cause to make a loud, harsh sound.
expanse, noun
|ikˈspans|
Ex.: the green expanse of the forest.
Ex.: the moth has a wing expanse of 20 to 24 mm.
- an area of something, typically land or sea, presenting a wide continuous surface.
- the distance to which something expands or can be expanded
stocked with
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capacious, adjective
|kəˈpāSHəs|
Ex.: she rummaged in her capacious handbag.
having a lot of space inside; roomy
dainty, adjective
|ˈdāntē|
( daintier , daintiest )
Ex.: a dainty lace handkerchief.
Ex.: a dainty morsel.
Ex.: a dainty appetite.
1 delicately small and pretty
• (of a person) delicate and graceful in build or movement.
• (of food) particularly good to eat.
2 fastidious or difficult to please, typically concerning food
a beam in one’s eye
a fault that is greater in oneself than in the person one is finding fault with.
