Unit 6 Vocabulary (no flashcards)

Damp(adj)

Humid

Dampness(noun)

Humidity

To be close

To be hot and humid (hace bochorno)

Quaint(adj) village

Having an old-fashioned appearance that is attractive.

Barren(adj)

Sterile

Barren landscape

Wilderness

Bustling

Busy

Lush (meadows or vegetation)

Very green (meadows or vegetation)/frondoso

Bustling with life

Full of life

Pristine

Clean and clear (water)

Ravaged(adj)

Damaged

Currencies(noun)

Coins of countries

Hard to come by

Difficult to find

Embarrased(adj)

To feel nervous about sthg

Ashamed(adj)

Avergonzado

Glimpse and Glance

A quick look

Glare

To stare angrily

Wrinkles

Creases(arrugas)

Crow’s feet

Patas de gallo

Crow

Cuervo

Spiritedness

Animatedness

Motto

Lema

Chestnut

Castaña

Voyage(noun)

A very long trip on boat

Crossing(noun)

A short trip on boat

Resilience(noun)

The ability to continue doing an activity relentlessly (Rafa Nadal)

Grab(vb)

Take or snatch

Proven

Past simple and past participle of prove

Forge (a friendship)

To make a solid (friendship)

Forge(vb)

To make or fake

Stumble across (a place)

Find or encounter a place

Tip

Advice or propina

A tip of a pen

La punta de un boli

On the tip of one’s tongue

En la punta de la lengua

Haphazardly(adv)

Randomly

The back of beyond

The middle of nowhere

Tainted

Spoilt or affected by

Far-flung (corners of the world)

The back of beyond

Scribble it out

Cross it out

Scrap of paper

Piece of paper

Be taken in by

Be deceived

Take aback

Come as a surprise

Hardships(noun)

Difficulties/lacking basic necessities

Bear resemblance to

To look a lot like s’one else

Look down your nose at s’one/Turn your nose up at s’one

To feel superior

To blurt out

To say sthg (usually a secret or a negative opinion) without thinking

Put up with

To tolerate

To diminish

Decrease

Obscure

Remote

Slums

Chabolas

Strewn

Scattered

Pristine(adj)

Clear and neat

Rickshaw ride

Tuck-tuck

Tainted-affected

Affected in a negative way

Haphazard

Random or thrown around

Bewilder(vb)

To be perplexed and confused

Stumble upon (s’one or sthg)

Cime across (s’one or sthg)

Tavern

Inn (taberna)

Outback

Wilderness, uninhabitated area in Australia

Cumbersome(adj)

Awkward to carry or to pack

Makeshift(adj)

Temporary

Negligible

Insignificant

Lean

Apoyarse

Sprawl(vb)

Scatter

Sprawling(adj)

Sthg that expands in a disorganised way

Sth really do have legs

Sth is real

To peer

A way of looking (por encima de las gafas, por un agujero,…)

Clad

Dressed

Donned

Dressed in the head

White-knuckled experience

An exciting experience

Hair-rising experience

Frightening experience

To transpire

To become known/revealed

Seemingly

Apparently

Proposition

Sthg that you propose

Preposition

In,out….

To sign up

To register

Vegetable plot

(Una huerta)

Orchard

A place where fruit trees grow

Fate

Destiny

Otherwise

“If not”

To line up

To get ready

Notion

Idea

Welfare

Well-being

Odd

Strange, not the same, uneven

Odds

Probability/chances

Rim

Edge (of a glass or cup)

Readily

Obviously/Apparently/Clearly

Blister

(Ampolla)

To nurture

To create (criar),…

Exhortation

Sthg that you say emphatically

Sweatshops

Places where people work in poor conditions

Drought

Sequía

Draught

Corriente de aire

Draft

Borrador

Greed

Avarice

A quest

A mission

Know no bounds

Have no limits

Folk

Peoples

Pilgrimage/Pilgrim

Peregrinaje/peregrino

Keenly

Eagerly