Antoine de Saint-Exupery's "Wind, Sand and Stars" chapters 1-3

Lily T. (United States of America)
Words from "Wind, Sand and Stars" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
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  1. meteorology
    the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere
  2. apprenticeship
    the position of one working for an expert to learn a trade
  3. crockery
    ceramic dishes used for serving food
  4. absorption
    a process in which one substance permeates another
  5. tranquil
    free from disturbance by heavy waves
  6. viscous
    having a relatively high resistance to flow
  7. succor
    assistance in time of difficulty
  8. solicitous
    full of anxiety and concern
  9. fervor
    feelings of great warmth and intensity
  10. sentinel
    a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
  11. omnibus
    a vehicle carrying many passengers
  12. bureaucrat
    a nonelective government official
  13. intelligibility
    the quality of language that is comprehensible
  14. sanity
    normal or sound powers of mind
  15. banter
    light teasing repartee
  16. artificial
    contrived by art rather than nature
  17. horizon
    the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
  18. jockey
    someone employed to ride horses in horse races
  19. altitude
    elevation above sea level or above the earth's surface
  20. invariably
    without change, in every case
  21. culminate
    end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
  22. thermodynamics
    physics concerned with heat and other forms of energy
  23. fictitious
    formed or conceived by the imagination
  24. dichotomy
    a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses
  25. patina
    a fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal
  26. airplane
    a fixed-wing aircraft powered by propellers or jets
Created on Fri Dec 30 14:17:10 EST 2011

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