Vocabulary - Travel in a Changing World

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• quaint old fashioned, unusual
• stealthily quietly, secretly - doing something quietly
• enchantment magic
• epitome a perfect example
• laments be bemone, to express sorrow
• paving the way making something easy, or possible
• hardy enough for brave/tough enough for
• lodging accommodation (somewhere to stay, like a room, apartment, etc)
• affirm confirm, prove
• prompted inspired/motivated or caused/made (depending on context)
• habitats the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
• conscious to be aware of something
• remote far away, distant
• impoverished poor
• smug self-righteous; when one is very pleased with oneself
• merely only
• hurtling when something moves very fast, usually in an uncontrolled manner
• encounter meet
• ostensibly apparently, evidently
• notching up to count up, or add up something
• long-haul for a long period of time
• dwindling declining
• knackers damages, destroys
• distends Bloats, swells
• go belly-up Go bankrupt
• delusion Deception, illusion
• redundant unnecessary
• resuscitation Revival (when you revive someone/something )
• reconnoitre to go to (a place or area) in order to find out information
• smelting work a container for smelting metal.
• pilloried Harshly criticized
• insularity Narrowness, bias
• object to Disagree with
• rudimentary Basic, fundamental
• abominable very bad; terrible
• proponent Supporter; promoter
• deterrent something that is meant to discourage someone from doing something

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