Unit 5: Mireya Mayor: Explorer/Correspondent

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  1. ensure
    make certain of
  2. explorer
    someone who travels to unknown regions to make discoveries
  3. expedition
    a journey organized for a particular purpose
  4. gigantic
    exceedingly large or extensive
  5. mishmash
    a random assortment of things
  6. primate
    any mammal of the group including monkeys, apes, and humans
  7. seize
    take hold of; grab
  8. verge
    the limit beyond which something happens or changes
  9. correspondent
    a journalist who supplies stories for news media
  10. discovery
    something that is found
  11. conservation
    careful management of the environment and natural resources
  12. awareness
    the state of having knowledge of something
  13. plight
    a situation from which extrication is difficult
  14. document
    support or supply with references
  15. establish
    set up or found
  16. grueling
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  17. monsoon
    a seasonal wind in southern Asia
  18. nocturnal
    belonging to or active during the night
  19. ambassador
    an informal representative
  20. core
    a small group of indispensable persons or things
  21. literally
    without exaggeration
  22. globe
    the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
Created on Thu Aug 04 17:19:00 EDT 2016 (updated Wed Aug 10 16:17:44 EDT 2016)

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