Word

Question 1

Alpine

Answer 1

Relating to high mountains

Question 2

Midges

Answer 2

Small two winged flies

Question 3

Cascades

Answer 3

Small waterfalls

Question 4

Cataracts

Answer 4

Large waterfalls

Question 5

Skirts around

Answer 5

Moves along or around the border of something

Question 6

Gradient

Answer 6

An inclined part of a road or railway; a slope

Question 7

Impetus

Answer 7

The force with which something moves

Question 8

Gorge

Answer 8

A narrow valley between hills or mountains typically with steep rocky walls and a stream running through it l

Question 9

Ravaged

Answer 9

Eroded

Question 10

Lashed

Answer 10

Securely tied

Question 11

Makeshift

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Serving as a temporary substitute

Question 12

Pulverisation

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Getting reduced to peices

Question 13

Slurry

Answer 13

The mixture of mud and cement

Question 14

Precipitous

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Dangerously high or steep

Question 15

Bramble

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A bush especially one that produces blackberries

Question 16

Spur

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A projection from a mountain

Question 17

Atomised

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To be converted into tiny particles or a fine spray

Question 18

Skein

Answer 18

A loosely coiled thread

Question 19

Cwms

Answer 19

A welsh word meaning, ‘steep sided hollows on mountain sides, formed by glacier erosion’

Question 20

Myriad

Answer 20

Countless or an extremely large number

Question 21

Vehement

Answer 21

Intense

Question 22

Cohere

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To be unified with something

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Perverse

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Strange

Question 24

Imperceptible

Answer 24

Very difficult to notice