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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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savannah | n: a mixed forest and grassland ecosystem where the trees are far enough apart that the canopy doesn’t close | |
rhinoceros | n: (also rhino) a large, thick-skinned mammal with one or two horns on the nose, typically found in Africa and Asia. | |
munch | v: to chew or eat something noisily, often with the sound of crunching or crunching | |
contented | adj: feeling or expressing satisfaction and happiness with one’s situation, life, or accomplishments; happy and at peace | |
functional | adj: designed for or capable of a particular activity, purpose, or task; practical or ready for use or service | |
extinct | adj: no longer in existence | |
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 | |
revive | v: to bring back to life, consciousness, or strength; to restore | |
poacher | n: a person who catches and kills birds, animals, or fish illegally | |
illegal | adj: not allowed by law | |
hunt | v: to go after and try to catch wild animals to kill them for food, sport, or profit | |
horn | n: a hard, pointed, often curved part that grows on the top of the heads of some animals, such as sheep and cows; a noisemaker or musical instrument that makes a loud noise when you blow through it | |
combine | v: to join or merge to form a single thing or group | |
territory | n: an area under the control of a ruler or state | |
decimate | v: to destroy a significant portion of something or reduce by ten percent; to cause extensive destruction or severe damage; to drastically reduce in size or number | |
concerned | adj: feeling worry or interest about something; showing interest or attention | |
conservationist | n: a person who advocates or acts to protect and preserve the environment and wildlife | |
breed | v: to keep animals for producing offspring in a regulated manner | |
captivity | n: the situation in which a person or animal is kept in prison or a space that they cannot escape from | |
semen | n: the fluid that contains sperm and is ejaculated during sexual activity, which may fertilize an egg and lead to pregnancy | |
ultimate | adj: furthest or highest in degree or order | |
ambitious | adj: having a great desire to attain achievement, power, or wealth | |
discovery | n: the act or process of finding information, a place, or an object, or learning about something that was previously not known | |
calf | n: a young cow, bull, or other domestic bovine animals | |
hind | adj: situated at the back or rear; coming after, following; of, or relating to the hindquarters or hind legs of an animal | |
pregnant | adj: having a baby or young animal developing in the uterus | |
degenerate | v: (of a person, animal, or plant) to become worse in health or physical condition | |
uterus | n: a hollow muscular organ in the body of a woman or other female mammal in which a baby or young animal develops before birth | |
glimmer | n: a flash of light especially unsteady or reflected light; a slight sign of something | |
reproduction | n: the process by which organisms create offspring; the production of something similar to an original work | |
complicated | adj: involving a lot of different things or parts in a way that is difficult to understand or analyze | |
risky | adj: involving the possibility of danger, failure, or loss | |
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 | |
complexity | n: the state or quality of being complicated or intricate and difficult to understand | |
procedure | n: a way of doing something, especially the official or well-known way | |
sedate | adj: calm, tranquil, and composed, often as a result of being under the influence of a sedative or tranquilizer; unhurried, deliberate, and without excessive movement or activity | |
viable | adj: capable of being done as intended; able to succeed | |
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 | |
lab | n: a workplace for the conduct of scientific research; a laboratory | |
surrogate | adj: acting as a substitute or replacement for someone or something else; having a similar function or purpose | |
relate | v: to establish a connection or association between two or more things; to narrate or tell about an event, experience, or relationship; to empathize or feel sympathy with someone or something | |
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 | |
candid | adj: honest, straightforward, and frank in someone’s words or actions | |
diverge | v: to move or extend in different directions from a common point; to branch off or deviate from a path or course | |
separate | v: to force, take, or pull apart; mark as different | |
inhabit | v: to live in a specific location; to reside | |
slightly | adv: in a small degree or extent; a little | |
trait | n: a particular feature of your nature | |
fortunate | adj: having good luck or lucky | |
coincidence | n: an occasion when two or more similar things happen at the same time by chance, in a surprising way | |
reproductive | adj: connected with the process of reproduction; relating to reproducing babies, young animals, or plants | |
laboratory | n: a workplace for doing scientific research or teaching science; a lab | |
technique | n: a particular way or art of doing something that needs skill | |
extract | n: a short passage taken from a book, piece of music, etc.; a substance obtained from something through a specific process; (verb) to obtain from something or to remove something by effort or force | |
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 | |
sperm | n: the reproductive cell produced by a man or male animal | |
preserve | v: to keep or maintain a particular quality, feature, etc., especially to prevent it from decaying, being damaged, or being destroyed | |
meantime | n: the interval or period of time between two events; the interim or temporary time period between two actions or stages of something else | |
leap | v: to jump or spring into the air, often with the feet leaving the ground or a surface below; to move quickly or suddenly, often forward or upward | |
faith | n: complete trust in something or someone’s ability or knowledge; a strong belief in religion, divine power, etc. | |
interbreed | v: to breed between different species or varieties | |
glacial | adj: relating to or resembling a glacier (= a slowly moving mass of ice) or the process of glaciation; characterized by an extremely slow or gradual pace or movement | |
optimistic | adj: hoping or expecting that good thing will happen or something will be successful | |
transfer | v: to move, pass, or change from one person, place, or situation to another | |
tricky | adj: requiring care and skill because challenging to do or deal with | |
cervical | adj: relating to the neck or the cervix (= the narrow passage forming the lower end of the uterus) | |
individual | n: a single person or thing, as distinct from a group | |
recreate | v: to make something that existed previously happen or appear to exist again | |
genetic | adj: of or relating to genes (= parts of the DNA in cells) or the science of genes | |
diversity | n: the quality or fact of many different types of things or people being included in something; a range of different things or people | |
specify | v: to explain or state something clearly and exactly | |
critic | n: someone who expresses opinions about the quality of books, music, etc. | |
endanger | v: to put someone or something in a risky situation | |
extinction | n: the complete disappearance of a species from the earth | |
arena | n: a large, flat area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre, musical performances, or sporting events | |
responsible | adj: answerable or accountable for something within one’s power, control, or management | |
brink | n: the point at which something is about to happen; the edge of a steep place | |
expend | v: to use or spend time, money, energy, etc. | |
threaten | v: to utter intentions of injury or punishment against someone |