Unit 1 Vocabulary 1

a hard piece of material that the Earth is made of

• magnesium

• gold

• rocks

• Earth

different from the usual or normal; unusual or not expected

• strange

• normal

• awful

• unusual

to know something because you have seen it before

• look

• understand

• recognize

• know

from a long time ago; very old

• ancient

• new

• bright

• dingy

a large hole in the side of a mountain or under the ground

• canyon

• pothole

• tunnel

• cave

something built over a river or road that people, trains, or cars go across

• path

• bridge

• road

• bypass

the most important city in a country or state, where the government is

• municipal

• county

• city

• capital

a room or set of rooms in a building for someone to live in

• apartment

• house

• mansion

• dorms

inexpensive, not costing a lot of money

• expensive

• cheap

• money

• modern

belonging to or related to a city

• urban

• city

• rural

• countryside