P4
1. intrepid: showing no fear; bold, valiant, brave, courageous, heroic, dauntless, doughty, daring, valorous/fearful, timid, cowardly
2. abominable: horrible, hellish, damnable
3. haunt: weight on, trouble, disturb, worry, terrify
4. elusive: difficult to comprehend, puzzling, baffling, bewildering, confusing
5. The abominable snowman…is hardly more elusive: The abominable snowman is a common name for yeti, a hairy, man-like animal reported to live in the highest part of the Himalayas.
is hardly more elusive: is by no means more difficult to be observed in its wild state
The whole sentence implies that the gorilla is still just as mysterious as the snowman to us.
P5
1. initiative: the ability to do things in a way one has worked oneself to be the best
2. anthropoid: like a man
3. any other anthropoid: any other apes such as the chimpanzee, another African ape smaller than a gorilla; the gibbon, a kind of small, long-armed ape; and the orangutan, a large, long-armed ape found in Indonesia and Malaysia
4. gallantry: courtesy, courtliness, chivalry, good manners, politeness, gentility
5. gallantry of that kind: Gallantry means devotion or attention to females. It is generally a human quality.
6. beguile: deceive, cheat, lead astray, dupe, lure, trick
7. court: to spend time together and pay attention to