Vocabulary 1
To completely destroy, eliminate, or root out something (verb)
(to) eradicate
thoroughly dried out, dehydrated, etc. (adjective)
dessicated
To be harmed, killed, or victimized by something or someone, often due to vulnerability
(to) fall prey to
very surprising (adjective)
astonishing
to eat food quickly and hungrily (verb)
(to) stop living, one by one, until there are none left (phrasal verb)
(to) die off
needing a lot of time and effort; requiring a lot of work (adjective)
laborious
A group, chain, or cluster of islands scattered in a body of water
(an) archipelago
To remain suspended in one place in the air directly above a specific spot (collocation)
(to) hover overhead
(to) find out and show the exact position in space or time of something (verb)
(to) pinpoint
(to) search a specific area, location, or set of documents, thoroughly (verb)
(to) scour
To repair, patch up something (collocation)
(to) mend the hole
a part of DNA that controls the physical development, behavior, etc of an individual plant or animal and is passed on from its parents (noun)
(a) gene/genes
(a) very great success or achievement (noun)
(a) triumph
To begin a journey (phrasal)