Es160 Reading Vocabulary 1

Front 1

adj.
light in color:
That wall is ~ed in a very pale green.

Back 1

pale

Front 2

n.v.
a small light brown spot on the skin, often from being in the sun:
She develops <n.> ~s in the summer.

Back 2

freckle

Front 3

n. half of a sphere or a ball,half of the earth:
The earth is divided by the equator into the Northern and Southern ~s.

Back 3

Hemisphere

Front 4

n.
a vehicle that slides on runners over the snow, and that is pulled by animals:
In Alaska, we saw dogs pulling a ~.

Back 4

sled

Front 5

n. [U]
a type of brightly colored stone made of tiny sea animals, used in making jewelry:
My sister has a ~ necklace.

Back 5

coral

Front 6

n.
in the ocean, a long bar made of sand, coral, etc.:
A ship hit a coral ~ and sank.

Back 6

reef

Front 7

v. [T] 1 to await, expect:
I ~ that the weather will improve soon.

Back 7

anticipate

Front 8

n. 1 an animal that lives by killing and eating others:
Hawks and lions are ~s.

Back 8

predator

Front 9

v. 1 [I;T] to make threats:
A manager ~s to fire an employee unless her work improves.

Back 9

threaten

Front 10

adj. accepting of different beliefs and behavior:
The boy's parents are ~ of his naughty behavior.

Back 10

tolerant

Front 11

v. [T] 1 to take legal responsibility for acting as parents to a child:
We ~ed two children whose parents were killed in an accident.

Back 11

adopt

Front 12

n. 1 a type of animal that can live both in water and on land:
Frogs and newts are ~s.

Back 12

amphibian

Front 13

n. a warm-blooded animal, the female of which feeds its own milk to its young:
~s range from whales at sea to mice and humans on land.

Back 13

mammal

Front 14

v. to grow to full size or full mental abilities:
Human babies ~ slowly.

Back 14

mature

Front 15

v. to feed on grass:
The sheep ~ in the field.

Back 15

graze

Front 16

n. an animal, such as a kangaroo or an opossum, whose female members have a pouch to carry their young in: ~s are common in Australia.

Back 16

marsupial

Front 17

v. to look like s.o. or s.t. else:
The boy ~s his father; they both have blond hair and blue eyes.

Back 17

resemble

Front 18

n. a hole in the ground where animals live, (syn.) a den: Rabbits live in ~s.

Back 18

burrow

Front 19

n. a person who lives in a certain area:
The ~s of San Francisco enjoy a view of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Back 19

inhabitant

Front 20

n. a person who studies human life and civilizations through items of the past such as buried houses, statues, pots, etc.:
Indiana Jones is an ~ who went to Egypt to look for a famous artifact.

Back 20

archaeologist

Front 21

adj. lasting, or meant to last, forever or for a long time:
They hoped their marriage would be ~.

Back 21

permanent

Front 22

n. any building or covering (tree branches, a cave, etc.) that gives physical protection:
When it started to rain, we found ~ under a tree.

Back 22

shelter

Front 23

n. the persons from whom one is descended (great-grandmother, great-grandfather, etc.):
Nobunaga Oda is the ~ of the figure skater Nobunari Oda.

Back 23

ancestor

Front 24

phrasal v. to agree to be friends again, (syn.) to reconcile:
The couple had a fight, but then ~~ and kissed.

Back 24

make up