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Word Meaning Advanced zoology n: the scientific study of animals, including their classification, habits, behavior, physiology, and evolution baffle v: to bewilder or perplex someone completely and to be unable to understand or explain something investigate v: to conduct a systematic or formal inquiry to identify and evaluate the facts of a crime, problem, statement, etc. to establish the truth axolotl n: a type of aquatic salamander native to Mexico with external gills and the ability to regrow lost limbs amphibian n: a cold-blooded animal that can live both on land and in water transform v: to change in outward structure or looks; terrestrial adj: of or relating to the Earth; relating to or inhabiting the land or the ground as opposed to the sea or air retain v: to keep or continue to possess or maintain something juvenile adj: relating to or characteristic of youth or young people; immature characteristic n: a typical feature or quality that can identify, tell apart, or describe something or somebody attempt n: an act or effort of trying to do something, especially something difficult induce v: to persuade someone to do something; to cause to act in a specific manner metamorphosis n: a profound or dramatic change in form, structure, or condition; a transformation; the process by which an animal or insect undergoes a physical transformation, such as growth, development, or maturation gill n: a respiratory organ of fish and some other aquatic animals that extracts dissolved oxygen from water and excretes carbon dioxide instance n: a particular example or single occurrence of something regeneration n: the process of regrowing or re-forming a body part or tissue that has been lost or damaged due to injury, disease, or other factors; restoration or renewal of vitality, strength, or spirit flawless adj: without any imperfections or errors; perfect or impeccable in appearance or performance regenerate v: to improve or renew an area, institution, system, etc., especially by making it more active or successful amputate v: to cut off a part of the body, especially by surgery limb n: an arm and leg of a person or animal crush v: to press it firmly, usually with your hands or a tool, so that it becomes flat or smaller spine n: the series of bones running down the center of the back that protect the spinal cord and support the body; the backbone or vertebral column brain n: the organ inside the head that is responsible for one’s movement, thought, memory, and feeling extraordinary adj: exceptional, unexpected, very unusual; surpassing the ordinary or usual salamander n: any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed native adj: connecting with or describing someone’s birth country or place of birth, or someone born in a specific country or place wetland adj: land that is saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally, such as swamps, marshes, and bogs ancient adj: relating to the long ago, particularly the historical period preceding the fall of the Western Roman Empire; very old incarnation n: the embodiment of a concept or idea in a physical form; a person or thing that personifies something roughly adv: approximately but not precisely; with a violent manner monster n: an imaginary creature that is large and has various human and animal parts; someone or something large and powerful tadpole n: the aquatic larval stage of a frog or toad, characterized by a long tail and gills for breathing underwater dorsal adj: located on the back, particularly the upper surface of an animal’s body; related to or pertaining to the back fin n: a thin flat part on the body of a fish or other aquatic animal used for propulsion or balance neoteny n: the retention of juvenile characteristics into adulthood, often seen in certain animal species, including humans evolve v: to develop gradually, or to cause the development of something or someone gradually stable adj: firm and steady; not easily moved, disturbed, or changed develop v: to grow or expand; to improve or refine through a process of progress and refinement, often to achieve greater sophistication or complexity; to elaborate or add detail to something that is in the process of being created efficiently adv: in a way that produces maximum output with minimum effort or expense transit n: the act or process of passing through or across a place or state; transportation essential adj: indispensable; fundamental unchanging adj: not changing or subject to change; constant aquatic adj: growing or living in, on or near, or connected with water predator n: an animal whose natural behavior is to prey on others advantageous adj: providing a benefit or advantage; favorable or beneficial forgo v: to give up or abstain from something; to do without something that one might be entitled to exposed adj: having no protection or shield from something, such as bad weather, attack, or criticism substance n: the real physical material of which a thing or person consist; the most important or main part of some idea or experience; an illegal drug lifespan n: the length of time for which a person, animal lives, or thing exists healing n: the process of becoming or making somebody or something well again regenerative adj: tending to regrow or restore lost or injured tissue talent n: a natural ability to be good at something; someone who has a natural ability to be good at something crazy adj: stupid or not sensible; very angry superpower n: a country or nation that has significant global influence or formidable military, economic, or technological strength; a supernatural ability or force capable of extraordinary feats or feats beyond normal human capabilities competition n: a situation in which someone is attempting to beat or outperform another tissue n: an ensemble of similar cells of the animal or plant that together carry out a specific function stimulate v: to encourage something to develop or become more active; to stir the feelings or emotions divide v: to separate or cause to separate into parts or groups progenitor n: a person or thing from whom a descendant or line of descendants is descended; an ancestor mass n: a large amount of a substance with no definite shape or form; a large number of people or things grouped or crowded together injury n: harm done to a person’s or an animal’s body caused by an accident or an attack nervous adj: worried and anxious about something; relating to the nerves promote v: to encourage or persuade people to like, buy, use, do, or support something; to raise someone to a higher position or rank protein n: a molecule made up of a long chain of amino acids, which is essential for the structure and function of the body’s tissues emerge v: to move out of or away from something and become visible proliferate v: to grow or increase rapidly in number; to reproduce or spread rapidly, especially in an uncontrolled manner differentiate v: to recognize or establish as being distinct; to distinguish between things that are compared; to calculate a derivative coordination n: the act of making all the people involved in a plan or activity work together effectively; the ability to control different parts of the body effectively process n: a series of actions or operations performed to achieve a particular outcome or goal; a systematic procedure or approach used to accomplish a specific task or objective; a method of treating milk to make it suitable for consumption or use in other dairy products controllable adj: able to be controlled or directed tumor n: a mass of diseased tissue that forms when cells in the body divide and grow in an uncontrolled way remarkable adj: worthy of attention because unusual or special resistant adj: not affected by something, especially changes or new ideas; of or relating to immunity to disease or infection cancer n: abnormal growth of cells that can invade and destroy surrounding tissues and organs; a disease characterized by the uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells tight adj: fixed, fastened, or kept together firmly or closely cellular adj: of or connected with the cells of animals or plants; of or connected with a mobile telephone system that uses several short-range radio stations instead of wires proliferation n: a rapid or uncontrolled increase in the number or amount of something; the process of growing, producing, or spreading rapidly and excessively biology n: the scientific study of life and the natural processes of living things sequence n: a series of related events, actions, numbers, etc., which have a particular order genome n: the complete set or sequence of genes of a human, animal, plant, or other living things vertebrate adj: relating to animals that have a backbone or spinal column, such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish frequent adj: happening constantly function n: the purpose or use of an object, system, or process; a particular activity or operation that is designed to serve a specific purpose; a mathematical concept that describes a relationship between two sets of values, called the input and output sets; (verb) to operate or work in a specific way, or to perform a particular task or purpose gene n: the fundamental unit of heredity and the sequence of nucleotides in DNA that codes for the creation of RNA or protein. unique adj: being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else regulate v: to control something, especially by means of rules or laws plummet v: to fall or drop suddenly and steeply; to decline rapidly or sharply thrive v: to grow vigorously; to make steady progress surrounding adj: that is near or around, or closely encircling something crop n: a plant that is cultivated in large amounts, particularly for food agriculture n: the practice or science of cultivating the land or raising stock vast adj: enormous in size, number, amount, or quantity expand v: to increase or to make something greater in size, number, or importance shallow adj: not having much distance from the top to the bottom sheltered adj: protected or shielded from danger or harmful influences; inexperienced or innocent of certain unpleasantness or harsh realities of life environment n: the natural world such as air, water, and land in which humans, animals, and plants live span n: the entire length of something, such as time or space from beginning to end; the amount of space that something covers invade v: to enter aggressively into another’s territory by military force for conquest and occupation drain v: to empty or dry something by removing the liquid from it divert v: to change the course or direction of something, often away from a specific path or target; to entertain or amuse someone, often to distract them from a problem or concern; to appropriate something for a different purpose threaten v: to utter intentions of injury or punishment against someone pollution n: the introduction of harmful substances or waste into the natural environment that causes adverse change invasive adj: spreading very quickly, and often aggressively, and difficult to stop ecosystem n: all the plants and living creatures in an area and the way they affect each other and the environment strengthen v: to become stronger or more effective; to make someone or something stronger or more effective tradition n: a belief, custom, or way of doing something that has been passed down from generation to generation within a group or society recover v: to return to a former condition, health, mind, or strength abandon v: to leave a place, thing, or person with no intention of returning; (noun) a feeling of extreme emotional intensity communal adj: belonging to or used by a group rather than individuals; for common use eventually adv: finally, particularly after a long time or a lot of struggle, complications, and so on suppression n: the act of stopping or preventing something from being expressed or revealed slimy adj: covered with or having a slippery, viscous coating; repulsively slippery or oozy; containing or resembling slime
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| Word | Meaning | Advanced |
|---|---|---|
| zoology | n: the scientific study of animals, including their classification, habits, behavior, physiology, and evolution | |
| baffle | v: to bewilder or perplex someone completely and to be unable to understand or explain something | |
| investigate | v: to conduct a systematic or formal inquiry to identify and evaluate the facts of a crime, problem, statement, etc. to establish the truth | |
| axolotl | n: a type of aquatic salamander native to Mexico with external gills and the ability to regrow lost limbs | |
| amphibian | n: a cold-blooded animal that can live both on land and in water | |
| transform | v: to change in outward structure or looks; | |
| terrestrial | adj: of or relating to the Earth; relating to or inhabiting the land or the ground as opposed to the sea or air | |
| retain | v: to keep or continue to possess or maintain something | |
| juvenile | adj: relating to or characteristic of youth or young people; immature | |
| characteristic | n: a typical feature or quality that can identify, tell apart, or describe something or somebody | |
| attempt | n: an act or effort of trying to do something, especially something difficult | |
| induce | v: to persuade someone to do something; to cause to act in a specific manner | |
| metamorphosis | n: a profound or dramatic change in form, structure, or condition; a transformation; the process by which an animal or insect undergoes a physical transformation, such as growth, development, or maturation | |
| gill | n: a respiratory organ of fish and some other aquatic animals that extracts dissolved oxygen from water and excretes carbon dioxide | |
| instance | n: a particular example or single occurrence of something | |
| regeneration | n: the process of regrowing or re-forming a body part or tissue that has been lost or damaged due to injury, disease, or other factors; restoration or renewal of vitality, strength, or spirit | |
| flawless | adj: without any imperfections or errors; perfect or impeccable in appearance or performance | |
| regenerate | v: to improve or renew an area, institution, system, etc., especially by making it more active or successful | |
| amputate | v: to cut off a part of the body, especially by surgery | |
| limb | n: an arm and leg of a person or animal | |
| crush | v: to press it firmly, usually with your hands or a tool, so that it becomes flat or smaller | |
| spine | n: the series of bones running down the center of the back that protect the spinal cord and support the body; the backbone or vertebral column | |
| brain | n: the organ inside the head that is responsible for one’s movement, thought, memory, and feeling | |
| extraordinary | adj: exceptional, unexpected, very unusual; surpassing the ordinary or usual | |
| salamander | n: any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed | |
| native | adj: connecting with or describing someone’s birth country or place of birth, or someone born in a specific country or place | |
| wetland | adj: land that is saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally, such as swamps, marshes, and bogs | |
| ancient | adj: relating to the long ago, particularly the historical period preceding the fall of the Western Roman Empire; very old | |
| incarnation | n: the embodiment of a concept or idea in a physical form; a person or thing that personifies something | |
| roughly | adv: approximately but not precisely; with a violent manner | |
| monster | n: an imaginary creature that is large and has various human and animal parts; someone or something large and powerful | |
| tadpole | n: the aquatic larval stage of a frog or toad, characterized by a long tail and gills for breathing underwater | |
| dorsal | adj: located on the back, particularly the upper surface of an animal’s body; related to or pertaining to the back | |
| fin | n: a thin flat part on the body of a fish or other aquatic animal used for propulsion or balance | |
| neoteny | n: the retention of juvenile characteristics into adulthood, often seen in certain animal species, including humans | |
| evolve | v: to develop gradually, or to cause the development of something or someone gradually | |
| stable | adj: firm and steady; not easily moved, disturbed, or changed | |
| develop | v: to grow or expand; to improve or refine through a process of progress and refinement, often to achieve greater sophistication or complexity; to elaborate or add detail to something that is in the process of being created | |
| efficiently | adv: in a way that produces maximum output with minimum effort or expense | |
| transit | n: the act or process of passing through or across a place or state; transportation | |
| essential | adj: indispensable; fundamental | |
| unchanging | adj: not changing or subject to change; constant | |
| aquatic | adj: growing or living in, on or near, or connected with water | |
| predator | n: an animal whose natural behavior is to prey on others | |
| advantageous | adj: providing a benefit or advantage; favorable or beneficial | |
| forgo | v: to give up or abstain from something; to do without something that one might be entitled to | |
| exposed | adj: having no protection or shield from something, such as bad weather, attack, or criticism | |
| substance | n: the real physical material of which a thing or person consist; the most important or main part of some idea or experience; an illegal drug | |
| lifespan | n: the length of time for which a person, animal lives, or thing exists | |
| healing | n: the process of becoming or making somebody or something well again | |
| regenerative | adj: tending to regrow or restore lost or injured tissue | |
| talent | n: a natural ability to be good at something; someone who has a natural ability to be good at something | |
| crazy | adj: stupid or not sensible; very angry | |
| superpower | n: a country or nation that has significant global influence or formidable military, economic, or technological strength; a supernatural ability or force capable of extraordinary feats or feats beyond normal human capabilities | |
| competition | n: a situation in which someone is attempting to beat or outperform another | |
| tissue | n: an ensemble of similar cells of the animal or plant that together carry out a specific function | |
| stimulate | v: to encourage something to develop or become more active; to stir the feelings or emotions | |
| divide | v: to separate or cause to separate into parts or groups | |
| progenitor | n: a person or thing from whom a descendant or line of descendants is descended; an ancestor | |
| mass | n: a large amount of a substance with no definite shape or form; a large number of people or things grouped or crowded together | |
| injury | n: harm done to a person’s or an animal’s body caused by an accident or an attack | |
| nervous | adj: worried and anxious about something; relating to the nerves | |
| promote | v: to encourage or persuade people to like, buy, use, do, or support something; to raise someone to a higher position or rank | |
| protein | n: a molecule made up of a long chain of amino acids, which is essential for the structure and function of the body’s tissues | |
| emerge | v: to move out of or away from something and become visible | |
| proliferate | v: to grow or increase rapidly in number; to reproduce or spread rapidly, especially in an uncontrolled manner | |
| differentiate | v: to recognize or establish as being distinct; to distinguish between things that are compared; to calculate a derivative | |
| coordination | n: the act of making all the people involved in a plan or activity work together effectively; the ability to control different parts of the body effectively | |
| process | n: a series of actions or operations performed to achieve a particular outcome or goal; a systematic procedure or approach used to accomplish a specific task or objective; a method of treating milk to make it suitable for consumption or use in other dairy products | |
| controllable | adj: able to be controlled or directed | |
| tumor | n: a mass of diseased tissue that forms when cells in the body divide and grow in an uncontrolled way | |
| remarkable | adj: worthy of attention because unusual or special | |
| resistant | adj: not affected by something, especially changes or new ideas; of or relating to immunity to disease or infection | |
| cancer | n: abnormal growth of cells that can invade and destroy surrounding tissues and organs; a disease characterized by the uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells | |
| tight | adj: fixed, fastened, or kept together firmly or closely | |
| cellular | adj: of or connected with the cells of animals or plants; of or connected with a mobile telephone system that uses several short-range radio stations instead of wires | |
| proliferation | n: a rapid or uncontrolled increase in the number or amount of something; the process of growing, producing, or spreading rapidly and excessively | |
| biology | n: the scientific study of life and the natural processes of living things | |
| sequence | n: a series of related events, actions, numbers, etc., which have a particular order | |
| genome | n: the complete set or sequence of genes of a human, animal, plant, or other living things | |
| vertebrate | adj: relating to animals that have a backbone or spinal column, such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish | |
| frequent | adj: happening constantly | |
| function | n: the purpose or use of an object, system, or process; a particular activity or operation that is designed to serve a specific purpose; a mathematical concept that describes a relationship between two sets of values, called the input and output sets; (verb) to operate or work in a specific way, or to perform a particular task or purpose | |
| gene | n: the fundamental unit of heredity and the sequence of nucleotides in DNA that codes for the creation of RNA or protein. | |
| unique | adj: being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else | |
| regulate | v: to control something, especially by means of rules or laws | |
| plummet | v: to fall or drop suddenly and steeply; to decline rapidly or sharply | |
| thrive | v: to grow vigorously; to make steady progress | |
| surrounding | adj: that is near or around, or closely encircling something | |
| crop | n: a plant that is cultivated in large amounts, particularly for food | |
| agriculture | n: the practice or science of cultivating the land or raising stock | |
| vast | adj: enormous in size, number, amount, or quantity | |
| expand | v: to increase or to make something greater in size, number, or importance | |
| shallow | adj: not having much distance from the top to the bottom | |
| sheltered | adj: protected or shielded from danger or harmful influences; inexperienced or innocent of certain unpleasantness or harsh realities of life | |
| environment | n: the natural world such as air, water, and land in which humans, animals, and plants live | |
| span | n: the entire length of something, such as time or space from beginning to end; the amount of space that something covers | |
| invade | v: to enter aggressively into another’s territory by military force for conquest and occupation | |
| drain | v: to empty or dry something by removing the liquid from it | |
| divert | v: to change the course or direction of something, often away from a specific path or target; to entertain or amuse someone, often to distract them from a problem or concern; to appropriate something for a different purpose | |
| threaten | v: to utter intentions of injury or punishment against someone | |
| pollution | n: the introduction of harmful substances or waste into the natural environment that causes adverse change | |
| invasive | adj: spreading very quickly, and often aggressively, and difficult to stop | |
| ecosystem | n: all the plants and living creatures in an area and the way they affect each other and the environment | |
| strengthen | v: to become stronger or more effective; to make someone or something stronger or more effective | |
| tradition | n: a belief, custom, or way of doing something that has been passed down from generation to generation within a group or society | |
| recover | v: to return to a former condition, health, mind, or strength | |
| abandon | v: to leave a place, thing, or person with no intention of returning; (noun) a feeling of extreme emotional intensity | |
| communal | adj: belonging to or used by a group rather than individuals; for common use | |
| eventually | adv: finally, particularly after a long time or a lot of struggle, complications, and so on | |
| suppression | n: the act of stopping or preventing something from being expressed or revealed | |
| slimy | adj: covered with or having a slippery, viscous coating; repulsively slippery or oozy; containing or resembling slime |
