Week 8 Vocab Definitions – Letters Home from Yosemite
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1 |
shuttle (n.): a vehicle
that goes back and forth regularly over a short route |
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2 |
canyon (n.): a deep
narrow valley with
steep sides and often with
a stream flowing through it |
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3 |
reflect (v.):
to throw back light or sound |
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4 |
creek (n.): a natural
stream of water normally smaller a river |
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5 |
impressive
(adj.): having the power to excite attention, awe, or admiration |
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6 |
enormous (adj.): extraordinarily great size,
number, or degree |
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7 |
species
(n.): a
kind; a sort of |
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8 |
slope (n.): ground that
forms a natural or man made incline |
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9 |
wildlife
(n.): animals that are not domesticated |
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10 |
glacier (n.): a large
area of ice
that moves slowly
down a slope
or valley |
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11 |
ranger (n.): the keeper
of a park or forest who enforces
the law |
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12 |
cinnamon
(n.): a light yellowish brown
color or spice |
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13 |
aggressive (adj.): unfriendly, angry
behavior that is caused
by frustration |
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14 |
hunter (n.): a person who
hunts game (animals) |
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15 |
reintroduce (v.):
to introduce (someone or something) again |
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16 |
endangered (adj.): to be in danger, esp. of being extinct |
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17 |
swoop (v.):
to move with a sweep |
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18 |
El Capitan (prop.
n.): “The
Captain” in Spanish and it is a landmark
in Yosemite |
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19 |
dizzy
(adj.): having a spinning
feeling in the head with a chance of falling |
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20 |
granite (n.): a very
hard natural igneous
rock formation, used especially
for building and for monuments |
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21 |
trickle (n.): a small flow of liquid. |
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22 |
flock (v.):
to gather or move in a large
group |
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23 |
foothill
(n.): a hill at the
base/bottom of a mountain |
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24 |
elevation
(n.): the height to which something is raised above the ground |
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25 |
altitude (n.): the raised
elevation of an object above
a surface (such
as sea level or land); position at a height |
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26 |
President Lincoln (prop. n.) : the 16th
President of the USA that led the country to fight the US Civil War, freed
slaves, and ordered the railroads to be built |
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27 |
Badger Pass (prop. n.) : a major
ski spot in Yosemite National Park |
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28 |
Miwok People (prop. n.) : the
hunter-gatherer native people of California |
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29 |
Grizzly Giant (prop. n.) : a giant sequoia tree that is over
2,700 years old |
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30 |
Glacier Point (prop. n.) : a sight
in Yosemite Park that is 2,199 meters above sea level |
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