Vocabulary

• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• bounce back: To return quickly to a normal condition after a difficult situation or illness.
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• phenomenon: Unusual event, fact that can be studied
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• anxious: Afraid of what may happen; worried and nervous
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• bacteria: The very small creatures that can cause disease
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• atmosphere: Air around us
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• optimal: Best or most desirable; best possible
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• remarkable: Interesting and unexpected, worthy of notice
• conclusion: End of something; finish
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• tragedy: Play that has a sad ending with many deaths
• civilization: A highly developed society
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• bounce: A person's energy or confidence
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• communal: Shared or used in common by members of a group
• livestock: Any animals kept for use or profit
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• litter: All the baby animals born at once from one mother
• optimize: To make as effective as possible
• deforestation: Process of removing the trees from an area
• cattle: Cows or bulls on a farm
• reproduce: To make a copy of something
• pit: To use your strength, skill or wit to beat another
• antibiotic: (Drug) used to fight certain kinds of diseases
• pollution: Dangerous substances released into an environment
• maximize: To make as large or great as possible
• revive: To return to life, good health, strength etc.
• mining: To place a bomb in the ground or the sea
• burn: To destroy with fire
• reproductive: Concerning the process of making children
• lesson: Something done to learn or teach something; class
• graze: (Of cows, etc.) to eat grass growing in a field
• full: Containing all the parts; complete
• pamphlet: Thin book that provides information about a topic
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• badly: Not in a good way; not as wanted or liked
• short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
• fisherman: Man whose job is catching fish