Vocabulary

4. it is fortunate that
7. the short, fine, soft hair of certain animals
8. the partial or total absence of light
9. able or likely to cause harm or injury
12. treat (a person or animal) badly, cruelly, or unfairly
13. a panel of keys that operate a computer
15. a person, typically one more remote than a grandparent
16. travel some distance between one's home and place of work on a regular basis
18. draw up air audibly through the nose to detect a smell

1. a range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
2. the way in which one acts
3. a plan; giving lists of intended events and times
4. search for and find a piece of information in a book or database
5. a thing made by combining two different elements
6. a hard-wearing cotton twill fabric, typically blue and used for jeans and other clothing
7. vividly colourful
10. the length of time that a person has lived or a thing has existed
11. a small, narrow river
14. a person who studies human history and prehistory
15. belonging to the very distant past
17. a piece of string, cord, or similar used for fastening or tying something