Lesson 14
A special or important task or assigment
mission
Any thin, circular object.
Disk
awe
a feeling of fear or nervous wonder and respect
It has been more than 50,000,000 years that termites have existed on the Earth
True
Why does Pip go to the church on the marshes?
He wants to visit his parents’ tombstone.
Tyrant
A ruler or person who has complete power and uses it in cruel or unjust ways.
envelop
to hide or cover on all sides.
catastrophe
Something that causes great loss and suffering
Nowadays, doctors believe that chicken soup is a much better healer of colds than medicine.
False
Why does Uncle Pumblechook get ill at the end of Christmas dinner?
He drinks some brandy that Pip has put medicine in.
Benevolent
Wanting to do good, kind
to be real
exist
to cause to believe something that is not true
deceive
Sports challenge athletes not only physically but also mentally
True
What is on Miss Havisham dressed when Pip meets her?
She is dressed in white, for a wedding, but with only one shoe on. She has dead flowers in her hair and the wedding dress is now old and yellow.
Covering a large area
extensive
trace
a death result from an accident or a disaster
fatality
Some of the Inuit people have lived in the Antartic area for one thousand years
What is on the table in Miss Havisham's dining room?
There is a cloth, with plates, knives and forks on it. In the middle of the table there is an old wedding cake, with spiders all over it.
to let go; to give up
relinquish
fuse
to join together by or as if by melting
predicament
A difficult or trying situation
The rock formation of the Three Sisters is no longer popular after it prove to be a hoax
False
What do Mr. Pocket's students do in the evening?
They row on the river.