Vocabulary1 Period 11 Grade

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Vocabulary (1 period): Celebrations and Geography.1.Holiday: A day when one doesnt have to wor.!."arade: A line o# people$ vehicles etc %oving #orwards in order$ o#ten as a celebration.&.'irewor: An ob(ect that burns to produce coloured lights and noise in the sy.).Costu%e: A gar%ent #or special activity.*.+o disguise: +o hide the identity o#$ especially by a change o# appearance.,.Carnival: A period o# public #estivity with street processions.-..as: A covering #or the #ace$ worn #or a%use%ent./.0alloon: A s%all rubber pouch with a nec 1lled with air.2.3pirits: A strong alcoholic drin such as brandy.14.'loats (Carro5a): A large vehicle that is decorated to be part o# a parade.11.6oundtrip: +rip to one or %ore place and bac again.1!.Hitchhiing (Autostop): 7hen you travel by %eans o# #ree rides in the other peoples vehicles.1&.8elay (6etraso): +he a%ount o# ti%e by which so%eone is late.1).Custo%s: +a9es paid on goods being brought into a country.1*.3towaways ("oli5ones): A person who hides on a trip$ aircra#t etc in a hope o# traveling #ree.1,."assport: An o:cial docu%ent issued by a govern%ent as proo# o# identity.1-.0erth (;itera): A place in which to sleep on a ship$ train etc.1/.;iner (0u stop ?ight: =ot stopping at inter%ediate places.!!.+aeo@: 7hen an airplane leaves the ground.!&.;anding: 7hen the plane rests on the ground.!).0oundary ('rontera): +he line that %ars the edge o# an area or land.!*.Hill: Any natural elevation o# the ground$ lower than a %ountain.!,."rairie (;lanura): A treeless$ grass>covered plain.!-.0ay:A place where the coast curves around the sea.!/."ond (Astan