Vocabulary

• of a lifetime: Describes something very special or unique in one's life.
• stop in: To visit a place briefly, usually on the way to somewhere else.
• winning the lottery: To be successful in a game of chance where numbers are drawn.
• on the bow: Located at the front part of a ship or boat.
• set out: To arrange something in an orderly fashion
• on the flat: Located on a level, even, or smooth surface.
• back out: To say you will now not do something you promised
• on deck: In baseball, being the next batter to come up to bat.
• my eye: Used to express disbelief or skepticism.
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
• content: Being happy or satisfied
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• thrive: To be or become healthy or successful
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• spot: A certain place or area
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• admire: To feel respect or wonder toward someone
• humble: Being lower in quality or status
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
• tiny: Very, very small
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• remote: Being far away from people, towns, etc.
• spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• landscape: Area or scene of activity, especially in politics
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• soak: To make something completely wet
• profoundly: With a great depth psychologically
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• swell: To feel overcome due to a strong emotion
• horizon: Line where the earth or sea meets the sky
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• expedition: Long journey, often to a dangerous or new place
• fully: Completely or entirely
• serene: Very calm or peaceful
• reindeer: Large type of deer, associated with Christmas
• embark: To begin a journey; get on a ship or plane
• pole: One of two opposite ideas, qualities or positions
• voyage: Long journey to a distant or unknown place
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• greet: To meet with friendly words and actions; welcome
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• deep: Complex and important
• excursion: Short trip or outing to some place
• entrance: A place where you enter a house or other building
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• polar: Concerning the areas near the North or South poles
• rugged: (Of mountains) rough and uneven; hard to climb
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
• lifetime: The time between birth and death
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• fragility: Lack of strength; easily broken or harmed
• special: Being additional or extra
• glacial: Being extremely and especially cold
• afar: From far away
• mesmerize: To cause to be unable to look away; fascinate
• waterfall: Steep descent of the water of a river
• shroud: To hide, as with secrecy; make it difficult to see
• fjord: Long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs
• southward: Moving toward the south