Vocabulary

• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• by god: An expression of surprise, shock, or emphasis.
• die out: To disappear completely; to become extinct
• on the brink of: Very near to experiencing something, usually something unpleasant.
• cut down: To reduce your use of something
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• work together: To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• thrive: To be or become healthy or successful
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• poverty: State of being poor
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• catastrophic: Causing a lot of damage or suffering
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• exotic: Being very different or unusual
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• predator: An animal that hunts and kills other animals
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• shrink: To become smaller
• afford: To make available, to provide
• humble: Being lower in quality or status
• arguably: Highly likely to be true but not certainly true
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• curiosity: Something unusual and perhaps worthy of collecting
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• eradicate: To remove or destroy something completely
• charismatic: Able to attract and make them like you
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• eternal: Endless; constant; never ending
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• tragic: (Of a play, movie, or book) with a sad ending
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• rural: Concerning the country as opposed to the city
• organic: Developing naturally and without a set structure
• extinction: When every example of animal, plant is dead
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• habitat: Natural place where a plant or animal lives
• treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
• tale: Story that is not true
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• intensive: Needing great effort for a short period of time
• brink: Near to happening; on the verge of
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• illegal: Not allowed by the laws or rules
• asteroid: Very small planets that move around the sun
• wipe: To clean or dry something with a cloth
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• deforestation: Process of removing the trees from an area
• great: Very good; better than before
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
• atlantic: Of the ocean between Africa and the Americas
• nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• reshape: To form something into a new shape
• sprawl: To spread out in an uncontrolled way
• pollination: Putting pollen on a plant so it makes seeds
• hedgehog: Small mammal making a spiky ball if threatened
• fauna: All of the animals living in a certain area, time
• prickly: Causing or having a sharp needle-like feeling
• rainforest: Ancient forest growing in tropical regions
• flora: Group of all plants that grow in a particular area