Global warming 5

mental tendency or inclination, esp an irrational preference or prejudice;

bias

to be continually changing or varying in an irregular way

fluctuate

to produce or engender;

spawn

lacking taste, tact, or refinement; vulgar;

crude

If you describe someone as_____, you mean that they have had so much experience of something bad or unpleasant that they are no longer affected by it in the way that other people would be;

hardened

emitting a sharp high, pitched sound;

shrill

region of the earth lying between the Tropic of Cancer & the Tropic of Capricorn

tropics

____ is land that is permanently frozen to a great depth

permafrost

If you say that something_____, you are emphasizing that it stops very suddenly, especially before it was meant to.

come to a grinding halt

Pol. zatrzymać się z chrzęstem

come to a crunching halt

a large thick piece of something that does not have an even shape

chunk

(in Alasca or Canada) the melting and loosening of ice in rivers and harbors during the early spring; the first day on which such ice is soft or dispersed enough to permit ships to use the waterways

breakup