EfL UI Unit 1B Vocab from text

a synonym for an airline pilot (noun)

guesses about something without having enough information to be certain (noun)

to stay still on the surface of water or to move slowly and easily through the air (verb)

a situation that is very difficult to understand (noun)

a tower that is found on the coast to prevent ships from crashing into the rocks (noun)

to allow someone to stop work by taking their place (verb)

to search very carefully, often over a very large area (verb)

no-one lives there (adj)

a word or phrase that has the same meaning as another word / phrase in the same language (noun)

to confuse (verb)

we say this when someone disappears leaving no evidence behind (jdiom)

to find the answer or explanation for something (verb)

far away from other people or other houses, etc (adj)