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Vocabulary (GEP7a)

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  • formally and in a way agreed to or arranged by people in positions of authority
    officially
  • no longer exists
    extinct
  • an accepted or official position, especially in a social group
    status
  • to (cause something to) go backwards
    reverse
  • the act or process of destroying something or of being destroyed
    destruction
  • to carefully watch and check a situation in order to see how it changes over a period of time
    monitor
  • to take the place or position of something or someone
    displace
  • a large area of countryside, especially in relation to its appearance
    landscape
  • the top of a mountain
    summit
  • to move something by pulling it along a surface, usually the ground
    drag
  • to have babies, or to produce young animals or plants
    reproduce
  • the time at the beginning of the day when light first appears
    dawn
  • a sudden event such as a flood, storm, or accident which causes great damage
    disaster
  • the condition of being extremely poor
    poverty
  • to make people obey a law, or to make a particular situation happen or be accepted
    enforce
  • certain to happen and impossible to avoid
    inevitable
  • fighting between two or more groups of people or countries
    conflict
  • someone who sees a crime or an accident and can describe what happened
    witness
  • a member of your family who lived a long time ago
    ancestor
  • to become larger in size, number, or amount
    expand
  • an extra amount of money that is given to you as a present or reward as well as the money you were expecting
    bonus
  • to take and hold something or someone very tightly
    grasp
  • easy to recognize because it is different from other things
    distinctive
  • to catch an animal
    capture