Vocabulary

• ward off: To avert, deflect, or repel (something dangerous or undesirable).
• watch over: To protect or guard someone or something.
• heritage status: Official recognition of a site or building as having significant historical or cultural value, warranting preservation.
• heart and soul: With great enthusiasm and commitment.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• in times: During periods or moments of.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• come for: To arrive to collect someone or something.
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• admire: To feel respect or wonder toward someone
• heritage: Traditional beliefs or customs of a culture
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• dramatically: In a sudden or extreme manner
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• religious: Following the rules and beliefs of a faith
• seek: To ask someone for help
• wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• sacred: Worthy of religious worship; very holy
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• bust: To arrest people involved in crime
• narrow: Not wide; short from one side to the other
• civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
• soul: Central or basic part of something
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• endless: Having or appearing to have no end
• square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
• souvenir: Something bought to remember a place
• cliff: High, vertical or steep surface of rock or ice
• century: Period of 100 years
• persecution: Act of treating badly due to race, religion etc.
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• luxury: Something expensive bought for pleasure
• revolutionary: Marking a significant change in something
• refuge: Somewhere you can find safety or hide
• council: Group chosen to make decisions about something
• hospitality: Welcoming treatment of visitors or guests
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• coast: Land near the sea or ocean
• serene: Very calm or peaceful
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• liberty: Doing as one wants without asking
• descend: To go down; to move from a higher to a lower place
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• statue: Stone or metal image of a person, often carved
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• fortress: Military buildings providing protection
• burn: To destroy with fire
• pathway: A path or way that you can walk
• historic: (Of past event) having an effect on future; famous
• serenity: Absence of mental stress or anxiety
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• constitutional: Regarding laws that govern a nation and its people
• mount: To attach something to something else
• beacon: Something providing guidance or hope to people
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• altar: Area in a church where the priests preaches from
• whimsical: Quaintly humorous; funny in an odd way
• saint: Person who is very good, kind or patient
• date: To have become old-fashioned
• mile: Unit of distance; 1.6 kilometers
• mountain: Very high piece of land, higher than a hill
• top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
• lonely: Sad because apart from other people
• overflow: (Liquid) to flow over the edge of something
• basilica: Large Christian church with a curved back wall
• sentinel: Soldier responsible for watching or guarding
• firepower: Relative capacity for shooting, bombing a target