Glossary

Addressed: to direct a speech or written statement to.

Attached: joined; connected; bound / having a wall in common with another building
(opposed to detached).

Beverage: any potable liquid, especially one other than water, as tea, coffee, beer, or milk.

Cover letter: a letter that accompanies another letter, a package, or the like, to explain,
commend, etc.

Crowded: filled to excess; packed.

Current: passing in time; belonging to the time actually passing / prevalent; customary /
popular; in vogue.

Enclosed: a valley enclosed by tall mountains / to surround, as with a fence or wall / to insert
in the same envelope, package, or the like / to hold or contain.

Fares: the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle / a person
or persons who pay to be conveyed in a vehicle; paying passenger / a person who hires a
public vehicle and its driver / food; diet / something offered to the public, for entertainment,
enjoyment, consumption, etc.

Fees: a charge or payment for professional services / a sum paid or charged for a privilege / a
charge allowed by law for the service of a public officer / a gratuity; tip.

Hesitation: a state of doubt or uncertainty / a halting or faltering in speech.

Hiking map: a diagrammatic representation of an area of land or sea showing physical

features, cities, roads, etc.

Synonyms: walking map; walking guide; hiking guide.

Hire: to engage the services of (a person or persons) for wages or other payment.
Synonyms: employ, lease, charter, rent (refer to paying money for the use of
something).
Inquiry: a seeking or request for truth, information, or knowledge.

Investment: the investing of money or capital in order to gain profitable returns, as interest,
income, or appreciation in value.

Leak: an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or
escapes.

Loan: something lent or furnished on condition of being returned, especially a sum of money
lent at interest.

Parchment: a diploma/ a stiff, off-white paper resembling this material / a manuscript or

document on such material / the skin of sheep, goats, etc., prepared for use as a material on
which to write.

Priced: to fix the price of / to ask or determine the price of.

Shortage: a deficiency in quantity.

Spearhead: the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear / any person,
contingent, or force that leads an attack, undertaking, etc. / to act as a spearhead for.

Steamed: cooked with steam from boiling water.

Stitch: one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to
leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical
closing of wounds.

Upgrade: an increase or improvement in one's service, accommodations, privileges, or the

like/ a new version, improved model, etc. / an incline going up in the direction of movement.

Worthwhile: such as to repay one's time, attention, interest, work, trouble, etc.