Class 12 English Vistas Chapter3 – Journey to the End of the Earth Word meaning

 

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Vistas

Chapter3 – Journey to the End of the Earth

Word meaning

 

 

 

Austral: relating to the Southern Hemisphere

Avalanche: snowslide

Calving: split and shed

Consecrates: make or declare sacred

Cordilleran folds: an extensive chain of mountains or mountain ranges

Desolate: (of a place) uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness

Ecospheres: parts of the universe habitable by living organisms

Etching: engraved

Immersion: submerge

Mind-boggling: overwhelming; startling

Paltry: petty; insignificant

Pristine: in its original condition; unspoilt

Profound: very great or intense

Prognosis: a forecast of the likely outcome of a situation

Ruckus:  a row or commotion

Supercontinent: a former large continent from which other continents are held to have broken off and drifted away

Surreal: unusual; bizzare

Thrived:  prosper; flourish

Ubiquitous:  everywhere; pervasive

Unmitigated: unconditional

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