Vocabulary

• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• prone: Lying flat with your head facing the ground
• spectacular: Impressive or out of the ordinary
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• stunning: Causing amazement, e.g. because so very good
• spike: The top point in a graph
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• itinerary: A route, e.g. with times you will be somewhere
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• flexible: Bending easily
• honest: Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy
• handy: Convenient, easy to use, easy to reach
• mild: Gentle in nature or behavior
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• sheet: Piece of cloth you put on the bed to sleep on
• trip: To release an electrical switch
• copper: Reddish-brown metal used in cables or wires
• accommodation: Adapting to become better at handling situations
• button: Small round piece material used to fasten clothing
• antarctica: An extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to , feet deep
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• ideal: Exactly right; could not be better
• flexibility: The quality of being able to be bent or stretched
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• visually: With respect to vision
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• spring: Coil of metal that lessens impact, e.g. on cars
• nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• picture: General situation or state of being
• continental: Of or typical of the culture of mainland Europe
• hike: Large and unexpected increase in price, level etc.
• statistically: With respect to statistics
• disappointing: To not meet the expectations of others or yourself
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• alpine: Concerning mountains or mountain ranges
• onwards: Moving toward a future (often better) time/place
• shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter
• outdoors: Outside a building; in the open air
• kiwi: Flightless bird from New Zealand