Vocabulary words and expressions 7.
iridescent having rainbow colors that change with
movement
elegant stylish and graceful
pursue to chase somebody or to carry out an idea
impressed to affect or greatly please someone
artifacts object having cultural or archeological
interest
trademark company symbol or characteristic
origins place from which something begins
fumaroles vent in the earth from which steam and
gases escape
emerald green in color; a precious stone
tram a cable car, sometimes suspended in air
canopy a covering or the uppermost layer of
vegetation in rainforest
endangered species threatened by extinction; whose
numbers are so few that the animal, plant or other
organism may no longer be seen.
Expressions
“scrap it” to get rid of something; put in a garbage
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