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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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pregnant | adj: having a baby or young animal developing in the uterus | |
bump | v: to hit or knock against something hard, often with a dull sound; to meet with by accident | |
assume | v: to think or accept something to be true without having proof of it; to take or begin to have power; to begin to exhibit a specific quality or appearance | |
grant | v: to agree to give or allow somebody | |
biology | n: the scientific study of life and the natural processes of living things | |
determination | n: the quality of being persistent and purposeful; the act of finding out the exact nature or essence of something | |
evolve | v: to develop gradually, or to cause the development of something or someone gradually | |
determinant | n: a factor, circumstance, or condition that contributes to the shaping, influencing, or determining of a particular outcome or result | |
genetically | adv: in a way that relates to or is produced by genes (= the units in the cells of a living thing received by an animal or plant from its parents) or heredity | |
chromosome | n: a long and string-like DNA molecule containing the part or all of the genetic material of an organism that controls what an animal or plant is like | |
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 | |
sperm | n: the reproductive cell produced by a man or male animal | |
genetic | adj: of or relating to genes (= parts of the DNA in cells) or the science of genes | |
reptile | n: a cold-blooded animal that has dry, scaly skin and lays eggs on land, such as snakes, lizards, and turtles | |
ant | n: a very small insect that lives under the ground or in a mound in highly organized groups | |
colony | n: a country or an area that is governed by a more powerful country that is often far away | |
dramatic | adj: very sudden, very excellent, or full of action and excitement | |
division | n: the act or outcome of splitting into separate parts; a critical organizational unit or sector | |
labor | n: productive work, especially physical work done for wages; the people who do manual or physical work in a country or company for wage; (verb) to work hard or to strive and make an effort to reach a goal | |
defend | v: to protect someone or something from attack, criticism, danger, etc. | |
nest | n: a structure in which animals lay their eggs or give birth to their young | |
reproductive | adj: connected with the process of reproduction; relating to reproducing babies, young animals, or plants | |
fertilize | v: to cause an egg, female animal, or plant to develop by joining sperm from the male with them; to add a natural or chemical substance to land to make plants grow well | |
diploid | adj: relating to a cell or organism with two complete sets of chromosomes (= long, thread-like molecules made of DNA and proteins); (noun) cells that contain two complete sets of chromosomes, one from each parent | |
insect | n: any small creature that has six legs and a body divided into three sections | |
wasp | n: a flying insect with a narrow waist and a sting, typically feeding on nectar and known for its aggressive behavior towards other insects and animals | |
genetics | n: the branch of biology that studies genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms | |
alligator | n: a large semiaquatic reptile with a long tail, powerful jaws, and rough skin, native to the Americas and China | |
embryo | n: an animal organism in the early stages of growth, either in its mother’s womb or in an egg, or a plant that is developing in a seed | |
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 | |
temperature | n: the degree of hotness or coldness of a thing or place | |
undetermined | n: not yet resolved or concluded; not decided; indefinite; lacking clear limits or boundaries; (of mathematics) cannot be calculated because it is dependent on unknown factors | |
critic | n: someone who expresses opinions about the quality of books, music, etc. | |
mnemonic | adj: aiding or designed to aid memory; relating to the use of memory techniques | |
chick | n: a baby bird, especially a young chicken | |
settle | v: to reach an agreement of disagreement | |
clownfish | n: a small tropical marine fish, typically brightly colored, that belongs to a subfamily of the damselfish family and is known for its symbiotic relationship with sea anemones | |
strict | adj: strongly limiting someone’s freedom; allowing no deviation from a standard, rule, belief, etc. | |
dominance | n: the state or quality of being the most powerful or influential person or group | |
hierarchy | n: a system in which people or things are organized into different levels of importance from highest to lowest | |
dominant | adj: more important, influential, or easy to notice than anything else of the same type | |
reproduce | v: to make a copy of something such as a picture, piece of text, music, etc.; to produce offspring through a sexual or asexual process | |
amazing | adj: extremely surprising, especially in a way that you like or admire | |
rank | n: a position in a hierarchy of status or authority; (verb) to take or have a position relative to others | |
worm | n: a long, thin creature with a soft and long cylindrical tube-like body, no limbs, and a lack of eyes | |
aspect | n: one part or feature of a situation, problem, subject, etc. | |
environment | n: the natural world such as air, water, and land in which humans, animals, and plants live | |
larva | n: the immature free-living form of insect or an animal, which at hatching from the egg, is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose | |
random | adj: made, done, or happening without method, conscious decision, or any regular pattern | |
whip | v: to hit a person or an animal severely with a thin, flexible stick with a cord or leather thong at the end, as a punishment, discipline, etc. | |
lizard | n: a reptile that has a relatively long body, two pairs of legs, and a tapering tail | |
desert | n: arid land with little or no vegetation often covered with sand or rocks | |
hatch | v: to cause an egg to break to allow a young animal to come out; to produce and expand something that is in an early stage | |
clone | n: a plant or animal whose genetic information is identical to that of a parent organism from which it was created; an unauthorized copy or imitation | |
kingdom | n: the country ruled by a king or queen |