Frozen in time: Vocabulary

1. expeditions: You can refer to a group of people who are going on an expedition as an expedition. Page 332
2. tremendous: You use tremendous to emphasize how strong a feeling or quality is, or how large an amount is. Page: 343
3. mortality: The mortality in a particular place or situation is the number of people who die. Page: 343
4. lumber: Lumber consists of trees and large pieces of wood that have been roughly cut up. Page: 370
5. monitor: If you monitor something, you regularly check its development or progress, and sometimes comment on it. Page: 370
6. arthropod: N any invertebrate of the phylum Arthropod, having jointed limbs, a segmented body, and an exoskeleton made of chitin. The group includes the crustaceans, insects, arachnids, and centipedes. Page: 383
7. dampen: To dampen something such as someone's enthusiasm or excitement means to make it less lively or intense. Page: 397
8. unrestricted: If an activity is unrestricted, you are free to do it in the way that you want, without being limited by any rules. Page: 411
9. exempt: If someone or something is exempt from a particular rule, duty, or obligation, they do not have to follow it or do it. Page: 418
10. reminisce: If you reminisce about something from your past, you write or talk about it, often with pleasure. Page: 432