Vocabulary

• dig in: To start eating eagerly and enthusiastically.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• pecking order: A hierarchy where individuals know their place and relative power.
• circle back: To return to a previous topic or point in conversation.
• tear into: To criticize someone angrily.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• habitat loss: The destruction or fragmentation of habitats, leading to a reduction in the area where species can live.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• in danger: Exposed to the risk of harm, injury, or loss.
• drug free: Being in a state of not using or being influenced by drugs.
• dispose of: To get rid of something, especially by throwing it away.
• as with: In the same way that something happens or is true of something else.
• check out
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• epidemic: Disease that spreads quickly affecting many
• presence: The same place or area that a person is
• evolve: To develop certain features
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• immense: Very great in size or amount
• vomit: Food coming back up from stomach, due to illness
• intentionally: With a plan to do or achieve something
• fatal: Causing death; having very bad consequences
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• digest: To convert food into energy in your stomach
• religious: Following the rules and beliefs of a faith
• breed: Kind of / sort of
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• ecosystem: Types of plants and animals in an specific area
• extinct: (Of animal, etc.) having died out; with none left
• altitude: Height of something above sea level
• dwell: To live in a certain place
• habitat: Natural place where a plant or animal lives
• supplement: Added extra to support or make something complete
• feast: Religious celebration
• adaptation: Music, movie or play, changed to a new form
• soar: (Of prices, etc.) to increase a lot in a short time
• tear: Drop of salty water from the eye
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• livestock: Any animals kept for use or profit
• desert: To leave a place for ever; abandon
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• corpse: A dead body
• colossal: Being extremely large in size or amount
• threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
• thermal: Item of warm clothing for cold weather use
• rot: To break down into pieces through dying; decay
• tuberculosis: Disease affecting especially the lungs
• entry: Act of entering a room, building, party
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• weak: Not having a strong character
• meal: Food for eating at a particular time, e.g. dinner
• carcass: Dead body of an animal
• ostrich: Very large bird that cannot fly, with a long neck
• impenetrable: Incapable of being penetrated or pierced
• commotion: Sudden noisy excitement
• rancid: With an unpleasant smell or taste, like sour milk
• circle: A perfectly round shape
• feral: Wild; behaving like a wild animal
• dung: Excretion from animals
• face: To cover a surface with something like paint
• large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
• mountain: Very high piece of land, higher than a hill
• easily: Clearly; without doubt; certainly
• beak: Hard pointed parts of a bird's mouth; bill
• arrival: When someone or something gets to at a place
• cholera: Fatal disease from drinking dirty water
• animal: A living creature that is not a plant or person
• egyptian: Concerning the culture and people of Egypt
• africa: Continent between the Atlantic and Indian oceans
• drink: To put water in your body through your mouth
• clean: Completely; entirely
• gazelle: Small fast graceful antelope of Africa and Asia
• anthrax: Highly infectious animal disease