Lesson 5 Vocabulary
English word English Definition English Example sentence
1 to attract visitors to draw visitors, to cause people to want to visit The San Francisco Bay Bridge attracts many visitors.
2 to be overwhelmed with tourists to feature too many tourists, to the extent that it becomes unpleasant Mardi Gras is nice, but it is usually overwhelmed with tourists.
3 to be swamped to be very crowded That place was absolutely swamped with people
4 to marvel at ~ to feel great surprise or wonder Everyone marveled at the size of the statue.
5 the sheer magnitude of ~ the size of, the extent of, the number of The sheer magnitude of The Cliffs of Dover is truly amazing.
6 to stand ~ meters high (usually a statue or monument) to be ~ meters high The Ushiku Daibutsu in Ibaraki Prefecture stands 120 meters high
7 to restore ~ to bring something back to its original condition They are currently restoring that old castle.
8 to be sacred to be thought to be holy or have special spiritual importance Notre Dame is a sacred building.
9 to be creepy to be strange, to cause an uncomfortable feeling Caves are really dark and creepy.
10 to be unique to have characteristics that nothing/nobody else has My shoes are unique. I made them myself out of cardboard and rubber bands.
11 to be superb to be much better than anything else The BBQ in California is OK, but the BBQ in Texas is superb.
12 to be breathtaking to be so impressive that it takes away your breath The view from atop the Eiffel Tower is breathtaking.
13 to be magnificent to be very very impressive and grand Beethoven wrote some magnificent pieces of music.
14 to be spectacular to be great and impressive The fireworks were spectacular.
15 to be medieval relating to the period from A.D. 500 to about 1500 I visited an medieval castle with my friend.
16 to be intricate to be very detailed I really liked the intricate wall carvings.
17 to be mysterious to be full of mystery / hard to understand This place is very mysterious.
18 to be undiscovered to not be found / to not be discovered There are still lots of undiscovered treasures in the world
19 humanity all people These discoveries will be of benefit to all humanity.
20 future generations people who will be born in the future We should protect our historical sites for future generations.
21 to trek to walk somewhere (usually a long distance away) We all trekked for three days before we finally arrived.