VOCAB LIST 12

ACCLIMATIZATION

• Definition: The act of getting accustomed to a new climate or environment.
• The penguin had a hard time with the acclimatization of moving to the mainland.

APLOMB

• Definition: Poise; self-assurance
• The singer had a lot of aplomb when she went on stage.

ARDUOUS

• The workers needed much arduous to move the rocks.

BANAL

• Definition: Commonplace; trite
• The wild tigers gathered at their banal, the sun rocks.

CREVASsE

• Definition: a deep crack or split in a glacier
• The climbers used many of the crevasses to their advantage.

DEMEANOR

• Definition: a way of behaving; manner
• Many of the people at the dining place had very good demeanors.

INEVITABILITY

• Definition: something that is certain to happen
• The test is inevitably coming soon.

INSURMOUNTABLE

• Definition: impossible to overcome
• Many people thought that a blind man conquering Mount Everest was insurmountable.

PARAMOUNT

• Definition: of the highest importance
• The paramount of all kingdoms is the king himself.

TRANSCEND

• Definition: to pass beyond the limits of
• Your body will begin to throb if you hold your breath to the transcend point.