Climate change and the Inuit
Abandoned (adjective) Synonym: Copious
Left and no longer wanted, used or needed
An abandoned car/house
The child was found abandoned but unharmed.
There was an abandoned supermarket trolley in the middle of the road.
Capricious (noun) Synonym: Volatile
Showing sudden changes in attitude or behaviour
a movie star who was capricious and difficult to please
a capricious climate
They had to contend with capricious economic forces.
Community (noun) Synonym: Social Unit
All the people who live in a particular area, country, etc
local community
the international community
community parks/libraries
Descendant (noun) Synonym: offspring
A person’s descendants are their children, their children’s children, and all the people who live after them who are related to them
He was an O'Conor and a direct descendant of the last High King of Ireland.
Many of them are descendants of the original settlers.
Harsh (adjective) Synonym: Cruel, Severe
Cruel, severe and unkind
The punishment was harsh and unfair.
The minister received some harsh criticism.
Indigenous (adjective) Synonym: Native
Belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else
The indigenous peoples/languages of the area
The kangaroo is indigenous to Australia.
Meager (adjective) Synonym: Paltry
Small in quantity and poor in quality
A meager diet of bread and water
She supplements her meager income by cleaning at night.
Obesity (noun) Synonym: Fat
The quality or fact of being very fat, in a way that is not healthy
Obesity can increase the risk of heart disease.
Permafrost (noun) Synonym: Iceberg
A layer of soil that is permanently frozen, in very cold regions of the world
It is nearly impossible to stay at permafrost for long time.
Pottery (noun) Synonym: Crockery
Pots, dishes, etc. made with clay that is baked in an oven, especially when they are made by hand.
Roman pottery a piece of pottery fragments of Iron Age.
Precarious (adjective) Synonym: Dangerous
Not safe or certain; dangerous
He earned a precarious living as an artist.
The museum is in a financially precarious position.
The world is a precarious and unstable place.
Likely to fall or cause somebody to fall
That ladder looks very precarious.
The path down to the beach is very precarious in wet weather.
Thaws (verb) Synonym: Melt
Thaw (out) (of ice and snow) to turn back into water after being frozen
The country was slowly thawing out after the long cold winter.
Tremendous (adjective) Synonym: Huge, Remarkable
Very great
A tremendous explosion
A tremendous amount of work has gone into the project.