Vocabulary

• engage in: To participate or become involved in something.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• against nature: Contrary to the natural order or laws of nature.
• come down to: To become in the end a matter of
• for show: Done only to impress others, not for real use.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• dominant male: The alpha male in a social hierarchy, typically in animal groups.
• down with: Suffering from an illness.
• pair: Two of the same thing, e.g. socks
• zoo: Place in a town where wild animals are shown
• sheep: Animal with a woolly coat raised for meat or wool
• yesterday: Day before today
• bar: Piece of (soap, chocolate etc.)
• study: To focus on learning something usually at school
• park: Person's name
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
• lion: Large wild cats from Africa and south Asia
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
• lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
• guest: Person invited to visit or stay in someone's home
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• female: Person of the sex that gives birth to babies
• male: Characteristic of boys or men
• gay: Happy and bright
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• sex: State of being male or female
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• penguin: Black and white sea bird that cannot fly
• permanently: For a long time; always
• sexuality: Whether someone is homosexual or heterosexual
• ladder: Series of levels to go up in society or business
• jungle: Tropical area with many wild plants and animals
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• suitable: Right for a particular purpose or occasion
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• religious: Following the rules and beliefs of a faith
• prejudice: Law to make ineffective, e.g. evidence in a trial
• rage: Strong or violent anger
• biologically: As regards life and living things
• evolutionary: Concerning gradual change over time
• wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• adoption: Act of accepting and starting a new practice
• flexible: Bending easily
• affair: Secret sexual relationship between two people
• origin: Point at which something begins or is created
• newly: Very recently; just done or made
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• exclusive: Being available only to people with a lot of money
• evolve: To develop certain features
• discrimination: Ability to recognize the difference between things
• dominant: The strongest; most powerful
• discriminate: To distinguish the differences between things
• outrage: Very wrong or cruel act which causes great anger
• exhibit: Object put on public display, e.g. in a gallery
• exclusively: For the use of only one person or group
• fertilize: To make pregnant; to put sperm in an egg
• mount: To attach something to something else
• fertile: (Of imagination, etc.) working strongly; productive
• mighty: Having great strength or great size
• legislation: Act or process of writing and passing laws
• lifelong: Continuing through life; lasting a long time
• allegedly: According to what has been alleged
• sustain: To lengthen or continue to do something
• orientation: Where you are in a location, e.g. facing east/west
• fluid: A material that can easily flow, e.g. water
• homosexual: Attracted to people of the same sex
• homosexuality: Sexual attraction to persons of the same sex
• bartender: Employee who makes and serves alcohol at a bar
• bisexual: Being sexually attracted to both men and women
• buffalo: Wild animal with horns similar to a large cow
• anthropologist: Person who studies human origins and development
• reproductive: Concerning the process of making children
• chick: A baby bird
• static: Concerning electricity that collects on a surface
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service