Vocabulary

• start on: To begin or start doing something.
• see to: To attend to; take care of
• prey on: To victimize or exploit someone, especially someone vulnerable.
• taken over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• concept: Abstract idea of something or how it works
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• indigenous: Being naturally from an area, not somewhere else
• prey: To hunt (other animals) in order to eat them
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• potent: (Of men) being able to make a woman pregnant
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• diplomatic: Concerning formal relationships between countries
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• fault: A failure or negative aspect of
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• deposit: Concentration of mineral left by a river
• marine: Soldier trained to serve on land and sea
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• blank: Showing no emotion or understanding
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• fence: Wood, metal structure enclosing an area, land
• trust: To expect confidently
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• hardship: When life is not easy, e.g. through being poor
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• village: Small town in the country
• remotely: In a remote way
• outstanding: Being better/distinct from others; specially good
• anymore: No longer; no more
• crazy: Mentally ill; mad
• relocate: To move to a new or different place
• sully: To make dirty; soil or tarnish
• babe: Romantic term often used to your lover; darling
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information