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orca | n: a species of large marine mammal, also known as the killer whale, found in Arctic and temperate waters worldwide, known for their intelligence, social behavior, and hunting prowess | |
pod | n: a seed case, especially of a leguminous plant such as a pea or bean; a detachable container of something, especially on an airplane | |
pregnant | adj: having a baby or young animal developing in the uterus | |
excite | v: to make someone feel suddenly enthusiastic or eager | |
survive | v: to live or exist despite a dangerous event or period | |
whale | n: a very large sea mammal that has a streamlined body and breathes through a blowhole on the head; a very large person; impressive in size or qualities | |
profoundly | adv: to a great or complete degree; deeply | |
intelligent | adj: having the capacity for thought and reason, especially to a high degree | |
salmon | n: a type of fish that is commonly found in the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans | |
pollution | n: the introduction of harmful substances or waste into the natural environment that causes adverse change | |
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 | |
unfortunately | adv: by bad luck; unluckily | |
calf | n: a young cow, bull, or other domestic bovine animals | |
electrify | v: to make a machine or system work by using electricity; to make someone extremely enthusiastic about or interested in something | |
refuse | v: to show that one is not willing to do or accept something | |
dive | v: to jump into the water with your head and arms going in first, or to move down to a deeper level underwater | |
rescue | v: to save someone or something from a dangerous or difficult situation | |
stiff | adj: not easily bent, flexible, or pliable; difficult to move or be maneuvered; difficult to relax; having a heavy or formal manner | |
grief | n: a very great sadness, especially when somebody dies | |
numerous | adj: amounting to a large indefinite number | |
mourn | v: to feel or express sorrow, grief, or sadness, especially over the death of someone | |
relative | adj: considered and evaluated through comparison with something else | |
visible | adj: capable of being seen; or open to easy view | |
cue | n: a signal, gesture, or action that provides information or direction for someone else to act or respond; a reminder or prompt for someone to do something | |
emotional | adj: relating to people’s feelings | |
mammal | n: any animal of which the female gives birth to live young, not eggs, and feeds her young on milk from her own body | |
domesticate | v: to take control of animals or plants to provide food, power, or company | |
acknowledge | v: to accept or admit the existence, reality, or truth of something; to accept that someone or something has a particular authority or quality; to express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for someone’s help, commitment, etc.; | |
anthropomorphize | v: to attribute human characteristics, emotions, and abilities to non-human entities | |
historic | adj: famous or significant in history, or potentially so | |
deterrent | n: something that prevents or discourages someone from doing something or taking a particular action; a hindrance or obstacle | |
recognize | v: to acknowledge or realize something or someone; to identify, remember, or become aware of something that was previously known or encountered | |
emotion | n: a strong feeling such as love, anger, etc. deriving from one’s situation, mood, or relationships with others | |
squirrel | n: a small to medium-sized rodent with a bushy tail, found in almost every part of the world | |
skeptical | adj: doubting that something is accurate or useful | |
claim | v: to assert that something is true; to demand or request something as one’s own; to lay legal or moral right to something; (noun) a demand or assertion of a right or something that one believes to be true | |
interpret | v: to explain or assign the meaning of information, actions, etc. | |
confuse | v: to mistake one thing for another; to make somebody hard to understand | |
routine | n: a usual or habitual way of doing things; a set sequence of steps, part of a larger computer program | |
disrupt | v: to prevent or stop something, especially an event, activity, or process, from continuing in the usual way by causing a problem or disturbance | |
fundamental | adj: forming an essential base or core from which everything else develops or is affected | |
survivor | n: a person who remains alive after an event in which others have died | |
pierce | v: to cut or make a way through with a sharp instrument | |
deny | v: to state that one refuses to admit the existence or truth of something | |
evolutionary | adj: relating to or denoting how living things develop or change from earlier forms | |
continuity | n: the state or quality of being continuous, uninterrupted, or consistent; the maintenance of a connection, sequence, or pattern | |
embrace | v: to accept something willingly and enthusiastically; (noun) the act of clasping another person in the arms as in greeting or affection | |
bruise | n: a mark caused by a blow, typically one that is purple or black on the skin | |
collapse | v: to fall down or give way suddenly, often after breaking apart | |
grace | n: a quality of being pleasing, especially in appearance or manner; a temporary exemption, especially an extended period granted as a special favor; a short prayer of thanks before a meal | |
trunk | n: the main stem or body of a tree which its branches grow | |
prop | n: a piece of wood, metal, etc., placed beneath or against something to support it or keep it in position; a system, institution, or person that gives help or support to someone or something | |
distress | n: a feeling of great worry, sadness, pain, or discomfort | |
prod | v: to poke or jab with a pointed object, often to urge or encourage movement or action; to provoke or stimulate someone to take action or respond in a particular way | |
vigil | n: a period of wakefulness maintained for any reason, typically for prayer, meditation, or watchkeeping; a period of observation or surveillance, especially for security or safety reasons | |
observation | n: the act or activity of carefully examining or monitoring something or someone | |
parade | n: a public procession, especially one celebrating a special day or event | |
withdrawal | n: the act of taking money out of an account; the act of ceasing to participate in an activity and moving or taking something away or back | |
depressed | adj: sad and without any hope | |
rigor | n: strictness or severity in opinion, temper, or judgment | |
interpretation | n: an explanation or opinion of something, especially that is not immediately obvious | |
harp | n: a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame with strings stretched across it, played by plucking the strings with the fingers | |
cruel | adj: feeling or showing pleasure in causing pain or suffering to others | |
involve | v: to include or affect someone or something as a necessary part of something else | |
spirit | n: the part of a person which is the seat of their mind, feelings, and character rather than their physical body; the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | |
sanctuary | n: a place of refuge or safety, especially for victims of persecution or abuse | |
upstate | adj: relating to or located in the region that is located in the northern part of a state or country, particularly in the United States | |
stabilize | v: to become or cause to become steady or unlikely to give way | |
pond | n: a small, shallow lake | |
property | n: a thing or things that belong to someone | |
intractable | adj: difficult to manage or control; stubborn or obstinate | |
euthanize | v: to put a sick, injured, or very old animal to death humanely | |
brilliant | adj: extremely clever, skilled, or impressive | |
grieve | v: to feel or show great sadness or sorrow, especially for someone who has died | |
sorrow | n: a feeling of deep sadness, grief, or regret, especially for something lost or ending | |
outcome | n: the result or effect of an action, event, etc. | |
succumb | v: to fail to oppose something, such as desire, pressure, or some other opposing force; to die or suffer badly from the effect of a disease or injury | |
communicate | v: to share or exchange information with others by speaking, writing, moving your body, or using other signals | |
dejected | adj: feeling or showing sadness, lack of hope, or confidence; disheartened; depressed | |
donkey | n: a domesticated mammal related to the horse, similar in appearance but with longer ears and a shorter mane; a foolish or stupid person | |
anthropology | n: the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics in both the present and past, including past human species | |
eventually | adv: finally, particularly after a long time or a lot of struggle, complications, and so on | |
inseparable | adj: incapable of being separated or disjoined; closely welded or joined together; mutually dependent or closely linked | |
grave | n: a place where a dead body is buried, typically marked by a headstone or other memorial; a very serious, solemn, or important matter; (verb) to carve, cut, or etch a design, inscription, or mark onto a hard surface, such as stone or metal; (adjective) serious, solemn, or weighty in nature | |
paw | n: the foot of an animal that has claws or nails, such as a cat, dog, or bear; a person’s hand, especially a clumsy or heavy-handed one | |
bray | n: the loud, harsh sound made by a donkey, mule, or similar animal | |
brainstorming | n: a group activity or business method in which a group of people meet and think about something at the same time to solve a problem or to create good ideas | |
urge | v: to spur on or encourage someone, especially by cheers and shouts; (noun) a strong desire or impulse, especially one that is difficult to control or resist | |
trajectory | n: the curved path followed by an object moving through space | |
diverge | v: to move or extend in different directions from a common point; to branch off or deviate from a path or course | |
supplement | n: something that is added to something else to make it better or complete it | |
hormone | n: a chemical substance made by organs that encourages or influences the development, growth, sex, etc., of an animal and is carried around the body in the blood | |
analyze | v: to think about in-depth and evaluate to discover essential features or meaning | |
feces | n: waste matter eliminated from the bowels; excrement | |
baboon | n: a large monkey with a dog-like snout and a long, curved tail found in Africa and Arabia | |
wit | n: the ability to say or write things or ideas in a clever and humorous way | |
predator | n: an animal whose natural behavior is to prey on others | |
bereave | v: to be deprived of a loved one, either by death or separation; to feel grief or loss due to death or separation | |
groom | v: to clean, brush, and care for the fur or feathers of an animal; to prepare oneself or someone else for a special event or occasion; to make something neat | |
bereavement | n: the state of having lost a relative or close friend; grief or sadness caused by the loss of someone or something | |
recover | v: to return to a former condition, health, mind, or strength | |
relation | n: the way two persons or groups of people feel and act toward one another | |
circumstance | n: the specific conditions or events that surround a particular situation or occurrence | |
companion | n: a person or an animal with whom you spend a lot of time, or you travel | |
interact | v: to communicate or react with somebody | |
creative | adj: relating to or involving the use of skill and original and unusual ideas to create something | |
holocaust | n: the systematic killing of millions of Jews and other minority groups by the Nazis during World War II, or any similar act of mass destruction | |
memorial | n: a structure or monument to commemorate a person or event | |
sear | v: to char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with intense heat; (of pain or experience) to be deeply felt or remembered over a long time | |
genuine | adj: real and exactly; not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed | |
comfort | n: a state of physical ease and freedom from pain or constraint | |
solace | n: comfort or consolation in a time of distress, sadness, or disappointment; (verb) to comfort or console someone in a time of distress, loss, or suffering | |
statistics | n: the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data | |
renew | v: to begin or resume something again after an interruption | |
urgency | n: the quality of being very important and needing to be dealt with immediately | |
tremendous | adj: very great in degree or extent or amount or impact; extremely good | |
plausibility | n: the quality or state of seeming reasonable or believable; the likelihood or probability of something being true or valid | |
confine | v: to restrict the movement of someone or something | |
entertainment | n: public shows, films, television, or other performances or activities of enjoying people | |
trophy | n: an object or prize, such as a cup or plaque, awarded to the winner of a competition or contest | |
hunt | v: to go after and try to catch wild animals to kill them for food, sport, or profit | |
poach | v: to illegally hunt, fish, or take wildlife from private or protected land or waters without permission; to cook food by gently simmering it in a liquid, often with added spices or seasonings | |
ape | n: a large animal with long arms, no tail, and usually a lot of body hair, including gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, and gibbons | |
deserve | v: to be worthy of or entitled to something, especially something good or valuable | |
invasive | adj: spreading very quickly, and often aggressively, and difficult to stop | |
biomedical | adj: relating to the application of the natural sciences, especially biology, and physiology, to clinical medicine and healthcare | |
experiment | n: the scientific test conducted to observe what happens and gain new knowledge | |
dot | n: a very small circular mark, especially one that is printed | |
cow | n: a domesticated mammal with characteristic features such as a hump, large udders, and curved horns that is raised for its milk or meat | |
contribute | v: to give something, especially money or goods, to provide or achieve something together with other people | |
suffer | v: to experience pain, distress, or hardship; to undergo or endure something painful or unpleasant | |
opportune | adj: suitable or happening at a time that is suitable or convenient for a particular purpose |