Vocabulary Set 1

Definition:to assume material or bodily form; become corporeal:Synonym: appearSentence:Figures materialize from the pre-dawn gloom to offer us taxi rides.

Definition:a person who has the tastes, manners, etc., characteristic ofmembers of an aristocracy.Synonym: bluebloodSentence:My guide to Luxor is a tall, straight, matchstick-thin aristocrat of the business whose name is Tadorus.

Definition:burning; very hot.Synonym: swelteringSentence: We leave the bus and walk up towards the tombs in dry and scorching heat.

Definition:a historic or prehistoric burial ground.Synonym: cemeterySentence:This vast necropolis contains the remains of 62 Pharaohs of the New Kingdom.

Definition:to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously.Synonym: dispatchSentence: The paintings illustrated the progress of the Pharaoh on his journey through the underworld, filled with wicked serpents, crocodiles and other creatures waiting to devour him.

Definition:causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless;Synonym: depressingSentence:All the rest of that day I spent in afflicting myself at the dismal circumstances I was brought to.

Definition:to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly orgrievouslySynonym: martyrSentence: All the rest of that day I spent in afflicting myself at the dismal circumstances I was brought to.

Definition:the act of fortifying or strengthening.Synonym: defenseSentence:Towards night I fixed upon a proper place under a rock, and marked out a semicircle for my encampment, which I resolved to strengthen with a work, wall, or fortification...

Definition:Archaic . no (used in dissent, denial, or refusal).Synonym: noSentence: All this time I worked very hard, the rains hindering me many days, nay, sometimes weeks together.

Definition:worthy of belief or confidence; trustworthySynonym: probablySentence:And it is scarce credible what inexpressible labour everything was done with, especially the bringing piles out of the woods, and driving them to the ground.

Definition:gentlemenSynonym: fellowSentence: Good chaps, every one of them.

Definition:a person who specializes in the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind.Sentence: Stefansson was an anthropologist and ethnologist who, for reasons best known to himself, believed that under the Arctic ice there lay a Lost Continent, a kind of wintry Atlantis.

Definition:a person who specializes in a branch of anthropology that analyzes cultures, especially inregard to their historical development and the similarities anddissimilarities between them.Synonym:Sentence: Stefansson was an anthropologist and ethnologist who, for reasons best known to himself, believed that under the Arctic ice there lay a Lost Continent, a kind of wintry Atlantis.

Definition:resembling winter weather; having snow, frost, cold, storms,etc.Synonym: frigidSentence: Stefansson was an anthropologist and ethnologist who, for reasons best known to himself, believed that under the Arctic ice there lay a Lost Continent, a kind of wintry Atlantis.

Definition:resembling or suggesting steel, as in color, strength, or hardness.Synonym: dispassionateSentence: Hiring a steely skipper, Captain Bob, Stefansson ordered the Karluk to sea from Victoria in British Columbia on Jun 17, 1913.