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1.prehistoric KK[͵prihɪsˋtɔrɪk] DJ[ˋpri:hisˋtɔrik]

From:The redwood forests of Northern California are all that remain of a great forest that covered the earth in prehistoric times.

adj.

-Of, relating to, or belonging to the era before recorded history.

-Of or relating to a language before it is first recorded in writing.

2.meteor KK[ˋmitɪɚ] DJ[ˋmi:tiə]

From:Ancient survivors in a world in which change can happen suddenly, these tall trees survived the fall of a giant meteor that left a hole that was miles wide in diameter and may have killed the last of the dinosaurs.

n.

-A bright streak of light that appears in the sky when a meteoroid is heated to incandescence by friction with the earth's atmosphere.

-A meteoroid or meteorite.

3.board KK[bord]  DJ[bɔ:d]

From:According to the writer and tree climber Richard Preston, if the wood in General Sherman were cutinto foot-wide boards an inch thick, and the boards were laid down end to end, they would cover a distance of 125 miles.

n.

-A long flat slab of sawed lumber; a plank.

-A flat piece of rigid material designed to display information, especially.

-A blackboard.

-A bulletinboard.

-A scoreboard.

4.consolation KK[͵kɑnsəˋleʃən] DJ[͵kɔnsəˋleiʃən]

From:Aside from books, my only consolation was a small horse named Gunther.

n.

-The act or an instance of consoling.

-The state of being consoled.

-One that consoles; a comfort.

-A second, smaller tournament or round of play for participants who have been eliminated before the final of a tournament, often to determine third and fourth place.

5.slope KK[slop] DJsləup]

From:I assumed we would go along the highway as I usually did, but Rhonda led me into some trees and down a steep slope.

v.

-To diverge from the vertical or horizontal; incline.

-To move or walk.

-To cause toslope.

n.

-An inclined line, surface, plane, position, or direction.

-A stretch of ground forming a natural or artificial incline.

-A deviation from the horizontal.

-The amount or degree of such deviation.

-The rate at which an ordinate of a point of a line on a coordinate plane changes with respect to a change in the abscissa.