Vocabulary

• run amok: To behave uncontrollably and disruptively.
• chance of survival: The possibility of remaining alive, especially during a dangerous event.
• drop by: To visit someone or some place for a short time
• for instance: As an example.
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• move to: To change the place where you live or work.
• flip over: To turn something over quickly, with a sudden movement.
• in the face of: When confronted with something difficult or challenging.
• check out
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• instance: An example of something; case
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• predator: An animal that hunts and kills other animals
• counterintuitive: Contrary to what common sense would suggest
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• tactic: One of the ways you attempt to achieve a strategy
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• digest: To convert food into energy in your stomach
• seek: To ask someone for help
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
• induce: To make someone do something; create an outcome
• neurotransmitter: Chemical released by nerves that boost signals within the body
• pinch: A very small amount of something
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• feline: Belonging to the cat family
• defense: Argument in support of something
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• physiological: Of or relating to functions of the body
• foul: Terrible in smell, taste, appearance or morals
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• mate: A friend who you work, live, or go to school with
• snack: Small amount of food eaten between meals
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• rot: To break down into pieces through dying; decay
• receptor: A nerve ending that changes stimuli into impulses
• ferocious: Very fierce or intense
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• respiration: Taking air in and out of the lungs; breathing
• curl: To form something into a round or curved shape
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• revive: To return to life, good health, strength etc.
• deity: A god or goddess
• disgust: Strong feeling of dislike for something
• nursery: Place where trees and plants are grown and sold
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• flour: Powder made from a grain used in cooking
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• quiet: Hidden, or done in a private way
• carcass: Dead body of an animal
• dead: Not alive
• anal: Concerning the anus
• quail: A type of bird hunted for sport
• call: A order or request for action
• drool: To show that one likes something a lot
• hawk: Large bird kills smaller birds and animals
• tonic: An invigorating fresh energy boost
• cautiously: In a manner to avoid risk or danger
• possum: Small furry Australian animal that lives in trees
• trickster: Dishonest person who tries to trick you
• amok: Frenzied as if possessed by a demon