Vocabulary Task

allure	billow	indispensable	influx	frolicking
benediction	rim	huddle	ubiquitous	obsolete	pelt
pertain	pinwheel	solicitude	tailspin	peg	treacherous

1.     Therefore, anyone handling geographical names needs to have some basic linguistic knowledge, both in general terms and specifically _____ to the language situation of the area to the language situation of the area of survey.

2.     People from different professional backgrounds may be ______ to some kind of study of geographical names.

3.     Even if exhaustive linguistic knowledge is not required to be able to pracise this specific kind of applied toponyms, a basic understanding of the linguistic and historic context of the geographical names within the area of study is certain ______.

4.     Especially during the last century, the Nenets homeland has received an _____ of Russian settlers, who soon outnumbered the Nenets in their own provinces.

5.     So the starfish began to roll over and over on the sand like a ______, a hoop, or a wheel that has no rim, and only spokes to it.

6.     When breakfast was over they were joined by the sisters; and Elizabeth began to like them herself, when she saw how much affection and _____ they showed for Jane.

7.     The waves of the ocean grew into the big _____, and they dashed up on the beach with a booming, thundering sound.

8.     How the drops did come _____ down, harder and harder, but Uncle Wiggily didn’t get wet because of his toadstool umbrella.

9.     The sun rose upon a tranquil world, and beamed down upon the peaceful village like a _____.

10.Russia was seeking a $ 10 billion loan to avert the collapse of the ruble and the banking system so much of the advice below could become _____.

11.If the ruble goes into a _____, it’ll make sense to revert to the old habit of exchanging hard currency on a daily basis, but don’t expect a devalued ruble to boost your spending power.

12.As two thirds of the products consumed in Russia are imported, prices are _____ to western levels and can only get higher.

13.The icy glaze that encrusted the metal rungs was _____.

14.He looked like a _____ polar bear in his frost-whitened suit.

15.For almost 500 years, the Mercator projection has been the norm for maps of the world, _____ in atlases and on school walls.

16.He glanced down at the _____ on the ground that was Jim.

17.To by stared out of the window of his room on the _____ of the space station, wondering what he should do.