Friday, 20 April 2012


UFS111 - 2nd Vocabulary Entry

List 20 words that are related to 'EXPLORATION'. Give the meaning to each word.


1.       backpacker
someone, especially a young person without much money, who travels around an area on foot or public transport, often carrying a backpack
2.       bird of passage
someone who keeps moving from one place to another
3.       business traveller
someone who is travelling on business
4.       camp follower
someone who travels with an army to sell goods or provide services to the soldiers
5.       caravan
a group of people and vehicles travelling together, especially in a desert
6.       coach party
a group of tourists, travelling by coach
7.       commuter
someone who travels regularly to and from work
8.       companion
someone who is paid to live or travel with another person
9.       explorer
someone who travels to a place that other people do not know much about in order to find out what is there
10.   fellow traveller
a person who travels with someone else
11.   flyer
someone who travels by plane
12.   frequent flyer
someone who often travels by plane, especially with the same airline
13.   globetrotter
someone who travels a lot and visits a lot of different countries
14.   holidaymaker
a person who is visiting a place for their holiday
15.   itinerant
someone who travels around frequently, especially in order to get work
16.   leisure traveller
someone who is going on holiday and is not travelling on business
17.   passenger manifest
a list of passengers on a ship or plane
18.   pathfinder
someone who is the first to find a way across an area of land
19.   pilgrim
someone who travels to a holy place that is important in their religion
20.   roadie
someone whose job is to travel with musicians and move their equipment
21.   rover
someone who travels around without a definite direction or purpose

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