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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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dragon | n: a mythical monster typically depicted as a giant reptile with wings, claws, and a fiery breath often portrayed as being fierce and dangerous | |
incredible | adj: unbelievable; enormous | |
creature | n: a living being, especially an animal | |
bizarre | adj: very strange or unusual | |
dinosaur | n: a large extinct reptile, often with an armored back, long neck, tail, and bony plates on the skin | |
decide | v: to make up someone’s mind about something; to come to a conclusion or judgment after considering options | |
paleontology | n: the study of fossils and the history of life on Earth | |
combine | v: to join or merge to form a single thing or group | |
desire | n: a strong feeling of wanting to have or do something | |
fling | v: to throw or push something or someone with force or recklessness, especially because you are angry | |
expedition | n: a journey or voyage for a specific purpose | |
ultimate | adj: furthest or highest in degree or order | |
planet | n: any of the nine large celestial bodies that circle in the solar system; any celestial body that revolves around a star | |
quest | n: a long or challenging search for something | |
uncover | v: to remove the cover from something; to discover something previously unseen or hidden | |
giant | adj: enormous; much bigger or more important than similar items usually are | |
predatory | adj: living by eating other animals, especially by catching prey that is still alive | |
desert | n: arid land with little or no vegetation often covered with sand or rocks | |
germ | n: a very tiny living that causes the disease; a piece of something such as an organism, concept, etc., capable of growing into a new one or part of one | |
unfortunately | adv: by bad luck; unluckily | |
destroy | v: to ruin or damage severely or completely; to eradicate or eliminate completely | |
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 | |
magnificent | adj: extremely beautiful and impressive; grand or noble in thought or deed | |
slender | adj: thin and delicate, often in an attractive way | |
jaw | n: either of the two bones at the bottom of the face that moves when you open your mouth; (verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information | |
crocodile | n: a large, carnivorous reptile with powerful jaws and a long, scaly body; native to tropical regions and often found in rivers and freshwater habitats | |
conical | adj: having the shape or form of a cone; tapering to a point; resembling or pertaining to a cone in shape or structure | |
slippery | adj: difficult to hold firmly or stand on because it is wet or smooth; not to be trusted | |
prey | n: the object of a hunt; an animal hunted or trapped for eating | |
fieldwork | n: real-world research or study conducted outside a library or laboratory. | |
sandstorm | n: a severe, and often violent, windstorm in which a cloud of sand and dust is blown over a wide area, reducing visibility and causing damage to structures and equipment | |
scorpion | n: a small creature similar to an insect with a segmented body, a pair of pincers, and a long, thin tail that ends in a venomous sting | |
fossil | n: any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing that has become hard and turned into rock | |
discovery | n: the act or process of finding information, a place, or an object, or learning about something that was previously not known | |
specimen | n: an individual example or sample of something, typically used to represent a larger group or category | |
medium | adj: of a size, amount, or level that is average or intermediate; (noun) a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information | |
hunt | v: to go after and try to catch wild animals to kill them for food, sport, or profit | |
deposit | n: a sum of money or materials placed or kept in a bank, safety deposit box, or other secure places for safekeeping; a layer of rock, sand, or other material left behind by a flowing liquid or eroding force | |
coelacanth | n: a deep-sea fish that was thought to be extinct but was discovered alive in the 20th century, which has lobed fins and a unique body structure similar to ancient fish | |
monster | n: an imaginary creature that is large and has various human and animal parts; someone or something large and powerful | |
pterosaur | n: an extinct flying reptile from the Mesozoic era, characterized by a wingspan of up to 40 feet and a long slender body with wings formed by a membrane of skin stretched between an elongated fourth finger and the body | |
reptile | n: a cold-blooded animal that has dry, scaly skin and lays eggs on land, such as snakes, lizards, and turtles | |
elusive | adj: difficult to find, define, achieve, or remember | |
skeleton | n: the structure of bones in a human or animal body, or a framework of bones or other material that supports a plant | |
fin | n: a thin flat part on the body of a fish or other aquatic animal used for propulsion or balance | |
reconstruct | v: to build or form something again that has been damaged or destroyed | |
skull | n: a bone framework that surrounds the brain and gives the head its shape | |
paddle | n: a flat, usually wooden implement with a handle used for stirring, mixing, or beating a liquid or substance | |
sediment | n: the substance that forms a solid layer at the bottom of the liquid | |
structure | n: the way of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts, or a complex thing constructed of many parts | |
dense | adj: containing a large number of people or something with little space between them | |
compact | adj: closely and firmly united or packed together, using very little space; smaller than is usual | |
buoyancy | n: the ability or tendency of an object to float in a fluid | |
scan | v: to examine something hastily, with the eyes or with a machine, to get information | |
digital | adj: processing or storing information as a succession of 1 and 0 to show that a signal is present or missing; relating to the use of computer technology, especially the internet | |
hind | adj: situated at the back or rear; coming after, following; of, or relating to the hindquarters or hind legs of an animal | |
limb | n: an arm and leg of a person or animal | |
substantial | adj: fairly large in size, value, or importance | |
flesh | n: the soft substance composing the body of a person or animal, as opposed to bones and other structures | |
attachment | n: a feeling of affection for someone or something | |
wrap | v: to cover or enclose something entirely with paper, cloth, or other material | |
ancient | adj: relating to the long ago, particularly the historical period preceding the fall of the Western Roman Empire; very old | |
aquatic | adj: growing or living in, on or near, or connected with water | |
lifetime | n: the duration of someone’s life or something’s existence; | |
treasure | n: a valuable or desirable possession; something that is cherished or held dear; a collection of valuable objects or money that is hidden or protected | |
adventure | n: a journey or a series of events that is unusual, exciting, or dangerous |