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255. (1) tsunami vulnerable (Adj.) : weak and eas- orbit (N.) : a curved path followed
tsunami (N.) : an extremely large ily hurt physically/ emotionally by a planet or an object as it moves
wave in the sea caused by an flexible (Adj.) : able to change around another planet, star, moon,
earthquake ; tidal wave to suit new conditions/ situa- etc.
tornado (N.) : a violent storm tions solar system (N.) : the sun and
with very strong winds which delicate (Adj.) : fragile; easily all the planets that move around
move in a circle damaged or broken it
hurricane (N.) : a violent storm 260. (4) choir comet (N.) : a mass of ice and
with very strong winds, especially choir (N.) : a group of people who dust that moves around the sun
in the western Atlantic Ocean sing together (in church servic- and looks like a bright star with
cyclone (N.) : A violent tropical es/ public performances) a tail
storm in which strong winds coir (N.) : rough material made 265. (3) temporary
move in a circle from the shells of coconuts, used temporary (Adj.) : lasting or in-
256. (1) contagious for making ropes, for covering tended to last or be used only
contagious (Adj.) : easily spread flowers, etc. for a short time ; not permanent
from one person to another (dis- quorum (N.) : the smallest num- transparent (Adj.) : allowing you
ease) ber of people who must be at a to see through it (glass etc.)
infectious (Adj.) : easily spread ; meeting before it can begin/ de-
temporal (Adj.) : connected with
caused by infection cisions can be made
the real physical world, not spir-
epidemic (N.) : a large number quire (N.) : four sheets of paper
itual matters ; connected with or
of cases of a particular disease folded to make eight leaves
limited by time
happening at the same time in a 261. (3) homicide
temperate (Adj.) : having a mind
particular community homicide (N.) : the crime of kill-
temperature without extremes of
ing somebody deliberately ; mur-
endemic (Adj.) : regularly found heat/cold
der
in a particular place or among a 266. (4) panacea
particular group of people and regicide (N.) : the crime of kill-
ing a king/queen panacea (N.) : something that
difficult to get rid of.
fratricide (N.) : the crime of kill- will solve all the problems of a
257. (4) archaeology particular situation
ing your brother/sister
archaeology (N.) : the study of narcotic (N.) : a powerful illegal
cultures of the past, and of peri- genocide (N.) : the murder of a
whole race or group of people drug that affects the mind in a
ods of history by examining the harmful way
remains of buildings and objects 262. (1) coercion
coercion (N.) : the action of mak- antiseptic (N.) : disinfectant ; a
found in the ground
ing somebody do something that substance that helps to prevent
history (N.) : all the events that
he does not want to do, using infection in wounds by killing
happened in the past
force or threatening bacteria
anthropology (N.) : the study of
conviction (N.) : the act of find- tonic (N.) : a medicine that
human race, its origin, develop-
ing somebody guilty of a crime makes you feel stronger and
ment, customs and beliefs
in court healthier, taken when you feel
ethnology (N.) : the scientific
confession (N.) : a statement tired
study and comparison of human
that a person makes admiting 267. (1) genocide
races
that he is guilty of a crime genocide (N.) : the murder of a
258. (1) fable
cajolement (N.) : making some- whole race or a group of people
fable (N.) : a traditional short sto-
body do something by talking to germicide (N.) : a substance
ry that teaches a moral lesson
him and being very nice to him; which destroys bacteria, etc.
(animals)
coaxing patricide (N.) : the crime of kill-
tale (N.) : a story created using 263. (2) herbivorous ing your father
the imagination, especially one
herbivorous (Adj.) : animals that suicide (N.) : the act of killing
that is full of actions and adven-
feed on plants
ture yourself deliberately
carnivorous (Adj.) : animals that
anecdote (N.) : a short, inter- 268. (2) flora
feed on other animals
esting or amusing story about a flora (N.) : the plants of a par-
insectivorous (Adj.) : animals
real person or an event ticular area, type of environment
that feed on insects
parable (N.) : a short story that or period of time
graminivorous (Adj.) : animals
teaches a moral/ spiritual lesson fauna (N.) : the animals living in
that feed on grasses
(told by Jesus as recorded in the an area or in a particular period
Bible) 264. (2) constellation
of history
259. (3) brittle constellation (N.) : a group of
landscape (N.) : everything you
brittle (Adj.) : hard but easily stars that forms a shape in the
sky and has a name can see when you look across a
broken large area of land
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