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Unit 4: So You're Going to Mars

Learn these words from the fictional piece by Arthur C. Clarke (Inside: Level C, Unit 4).

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  1. reliable
    able to be depended on; consistent or steady
  2. passage
    a journey usually by ship
  3. synthesize
    combine so as to form a more complex product
  4. entitle
    give the right to
  5. dome
    a concave shape whose concavity faces downward
  6. envelope
    any wrapper or covering
  7. surface
    the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer
  8. atmosphere
    the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body
  9. superior
    of or characteristic of high rank or importance
  10. vegetation
    the process of growth in plants
  11. acclimatize
    get used to a certain environment
  12. practically
    almost; nearly
  13. excursion
    a journey taken for pleasure
  14. vast
    unusually great in size or amount or extent or scope
  15. stubborn
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
  16. indigenous
    originating where it is found
  17. civilization
    a society in an advanced state of social development
  18. rumor
    gossip passed around by word of mouth
  19. oblige
    provide a service or favor for someone
  20. pole
    either of the two endpoints of the Earth's axis of rotation
Created on Thu Aug 04 16:33:04 EDT 2016 (updated Mon Aug 15 13:51:05 EDT 2016)

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