1. How could an area like this possibly contain some of the most verdant habitats and sublime mountain vistas in eastern North America?
--green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass 2. bloody froth came from the nostrils and mouth
--a foam of saliva or fluid resulting from disease. 3. At the height of the crisis, seven animals had succumbed to ugly deaths or required euthanasia
--the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die 4. crippled from birth but filled with the power of clairvoyance
--quick, intuitive knowledge of things and people 5. Gelatinous shape-shifters lazily ride the currents
--pertaining to, containing, or consisting of gelatin. 6. The group's demise coincided with hip-hop's birth in the 1970s
--death or decease 7. he can relate because he's paying alimony and child support
--supply of the means of living; maintenance 8. Most rap songs unabashedly function as walking advertisements for luxury cars, designer clothes, and liquor
--Not disconcerted or embarrassed; poised 9. some of the most feared substances, such as mercury, dissipate within days or weeks
--to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel. 10. Some experts suspect a link to the man-made chemicals that pervade our food, water, and air.
--to become spread throughout all parts of: 11. we plunged into a noxious cloud that engulfed the car with smoke
--harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being 12. But among many of the locals, the fear is palpable.
--capable of being touched or felt; tangible 13. Soon after I receive my results, I show them to my internist
--A physician specializing in internal medicine
14. To reach them, explorers must first descend into massive dolines
-- a natural depression or hole in the surface topography caused by the removal of soil or bedrock 15. a dangerous traverse where one caver would swim across,
--to pass or move over, along, or through 16. But for Romans, it is quotidian
--ordinary; commonplace 17. The student hops into the hole and sends up several very large pieces of amphorae
--A two-handled jar with a narrow neck used by the ancient Greeks and Romans 18. Fay makes a vehement hand signal
--strongly emotional; intense or passionate 19. Fay skulks closer along the bai’s perimeter.
--to move in a stealthy manner; slink 20. plan to show the bizarre world of hydrothermal vents as it's never been seen before
--noting or pertaining to the action of hot, aqueous solutions or gases 21. He is asked only to stay in fighting form and to defend the regime
--a mode or system of rule or government 22. But as the samurai rose to power, the emperor was relegated to a figurehead
--to send into exile
23. He’ll stay down deep in the loch, where it’s cool
--a partially landlocked or protected bay 24. Just then a young man and woman saunter up to Feltham’s umbrella-shaded table
--a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll. 25. with their pear-shaped bodies and sinuous necks
--having many curves, bends, or turns | 
