Vocabulary

• stand around: To spend time standing without doing anything useful or important.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• in the ground: Located within or beneath the surface of the earth.
• left standing: Remaining erect or in existence after others have fallen or been removed.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• material: Cloth; fabric
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• thrive: To be or become healthy or successful
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• consider: To think carefully about something
• variety: Particular type of thing or person
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• heritage: Traditional beliefs or customs of a culture
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• mysterious: Unusual; hard to understand or work out
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• huge: Very very large
• gigantic: Extremely large
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• abandon: To discard or intentionally get rid of an item
• durable: Able to stay in good condition for a long time
• extinct: (Of animal, etc.) having died out; with none left
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• leave: To go away from; depart
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
• restore: To return a thing to its original condition
• carve: To cut a piece of cooked meat into thin slices
• partially: In part; in some degree; not wholly
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• piece: A counter in a board game
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• suit: To be appropriate for a given situation
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• significance: The potential for something to have a big effect
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• dutch: Concerning the culture and people of Holland
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• statue: Stone or metal image of a person, often carved
• erosion: Process of wearing away by water, wind, or ice
• volcanic: (E.g. of a temperament) easily angered; violent
• erect: Standing straight up
• quarry: Large pit in the earth where stone is mined
• unfinished: Not yet ended; not complete; still being done