Vocabulary

• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• at least: As a minimum
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• in under: Located inside and beneath something.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• turn into: To change to become something else
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• sophisticated: Making a good sounding but misleading argument
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• thrive: To be or become healthy or successful
• delicate: Easily broken or damaged
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• barely: Only just; just possible
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• mortality: Quality or state of being capable of dying
• lethal: Causing or able to cause death
• diverse: Being varied or different from each other
• compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• neural: About the nerves or nervous system
• numerous: Existing in large numbers
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• prey: To hunt (other animals) in order to eat them
• remarkable: Interesting and unexpected, worthy of notice
• digestive: Concerning processes of converting food to energy
• grain: Seeds of plants used for food
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• fiction: Made-up stories; imagined events
• flourish: To show and direct attention by waving something
• infamous: Famous because of something bad
• drift: (Of sand, etc.) to be blown into heaps by the wind
• peer: A noble, but not royal, person, e.g. lord or duke
• potent: (Of men) being able to make a woman pregnant
• anatomy: Scientific study of the structure of (human) body
• curve: Smooth rounded line that is not straight
• exert: To make something have an effect on something else
• survival: Act of continuing to exist when facing difficulty
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• poisonous: Harmful; unfriendly; unpleasant
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• immortal: Not subject to death; that will never die
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• agitate: To disturb or excite emotionally
• deadly: Causing or capable of causing death
• biology: The study of living things
• venom: Poison, e.g. one produced by plant or animal
• fluorescent: Having the property of fluorescence; brightly lit
• sand: Area composed of tiny pieces of rock near an ocean
• prize: Something won in a contest or given as an award
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
• translucent: Having the quality of being transparent
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• age: To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
• long: Person's name
• soft: Having flowing curves rather than sharp edges
• warm: To become more friendly or to like something
• loophole: Error when making rules allowing people to avoid
• call: A order or request for action
• relax: To calm or quiet yourself, or stop worrying
• tingle: Feeling as if small needles are in your skin
• epidermis: Outer layer of the skin
• animal: A living creature that is not a plant or person
• jellyfish: Soft-bodied sea animal, as with stinging tentacles
• polyp: Small tube-like creature that lives in the ocean
• underside: Lower side of anything