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| 1. aborigine - A native inhabitant of a region |
| 2. adapt - To make fit |
| 3. arch - Something curved like an arch; the rainbow had an arch |
| 4. architect - One who designs and supervises the construction of a building or other large structure |
| 5. astrological - The divination of the supposed influences of the stars and planets on human affairs and events by their positions and aspects |
| 6. astronomers - One who is skilled in the study of the stars |
| 7. awning - A roof-like cover extending over, or in front of, a place |
| 8. base - Bottom |
| 9. bay - A principle compartment of any part of a building |
| 10. beacon - A warning or signaling light |
| 11. bestowed - To give |
| 12. branch - A stream that flows into another usually larger stream |
| 13 capstone - The high point; crowning achievement |
| 14. collapse - To break down completely |
| 15. conduct - To serve as a channel for conveying; transmit |
| 16. considerably - A great amount, degree |
| 17. construction - The processes, art, or manner of building something |
| 18. coral - A hard structure made of organisms living in the ocean |
| 19. coral cay - A small, low island composed largely of coral or sand |
| 20. coral reef - A strip or ridge of rocks, coral or sand |
| 21. cornerstone - A stone forming a part of a corner or angle in a wall |
| 22 .cross-braced - Crossed to make stronger |
| 23. declared - To state officially or formally |
| 24 dedicated - To commit to a particular course of action |
| 25. desecrated - To abuse the sacredness of something |
| 26. drought - A long period without rain |
| 27. earthquake - The slipping of two faults in the earth that causes the ground to shake |
| 28. electricity - Electric current used as a source of power |
| 29. equinoxes - Either of the two times when the sun crosses the equator-autumnal equinox is the first day of fall; vernal equinox is the first day of spring |
| 30. equipment - Tools with which a person is supplied |
| 31. erode - To make by wearing away |
| 32. estimates - Guesses |
| 33. exotic - intriguingly different |
| 34. extraordinary - Beyond what is ordinary |
| 35. faced - To front upon |
| 36. figments - Something made up |
| 37. foundation - The basis on which something sets |
| 38. galleries - A porch |
| 39. girder - The main support of a building, usually made of steel and wood |
| 40. gladiators - A prize fighter |
| 41. goddess - A female that humans worship |
| 42. gorge - A deep narrow passage with steep, rocky sides, and enclosed between mountains |
| 43. inlaid- Set into something |
| 44. irrigate - To supply dry land with water by means of pipes, streams, or ditches |
| 45. jade - A light green gem |
| 46. kilometers - A way of measuring long distances, a little over half of a mile |
| 47. latticed - Strips of iron woven to form open framework |
| 48. lifeless - Having no life |
| 49. lintel - The horizontal beam that forms the upper member of a window or doorframe |
| 50. manta rays - Any of several fishes of the family Mobulidae, having large, extremely flattened bodies with wing-like pectoral fins |
| 51. minimum - Least possible way |
| 52. Moslem - A religious believer in Islam |
| 53. Mosque - Moslem house of worship |
| 54. octagonal - Having eight sides and eight angles |
| 55. originate - To begin |
| 56. percent - A part of a hundred |
| 57. piers - A pillar, rectangular in cross section; supporting an arch |
| 58. plateau - High level land |
| 59. porcelain - A hard, white ceramic |
| 60. predators - An animal that lives by preying upon other animals |
| 61. range - An extended group or series |
| 62. rebels - A person who rebels against an authority |
| 63. resistance - A force that opposes motion |
| 64. ridges - A long, narrow land elevation |
| 65. shaft - A long narrow body that is thin and long |
| 66. shell - The hard outer covering of something |
| 67. souvenir - Momento |
| 68. species - A kind, verity, or type |
| 69. spectators - An observer of an event |
| 70. structure - A building |
| 71. summit - The point or part; the top of a mountain |
| 72. surveyed - To inspect carefully |
| 73. technology - The body of knowledge |
| 74. tourist - A person who is sightseeing |
| 75. trowel - A flat-bladed hand tool for leveling |
| 76. volcanoes - A vent in the earth`s crust through which melted lava and gases are ejected |
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