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GLOSSARY |
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| charity |
kindness, generosity |
| entrepreneur |
businessperson |
| exaggerate |
overstate, make up details
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| exhausting |
tiring, difficult |
| favourable |
pleasing, welcome |
| freight |
goods transported by air,
land, or water |
| frontier |
unexplored land |
| grudge |
ill will, resentment |
| mast |
a metal tube on a ship to
support the sails |
| mother lode |
the main body of ore in a
mining area |
| nautical |
pertaining to ships and
sailors |
| non-existent |
not there, not
existing |
| pristine |
pure, clean, plain |
| prominent |
well-known |
| scruffy |
shabby, untidy |
| substantial |
large, a lot |
| unique |
uncommon, unusual |
| ventures |
risky investments |