Ruthless not thinking or worrying about any pain caused to others; cruel

Sack(v)- to dismiss someone from their job

Satirical(a)

Scary(a)- causing fright or alarm.

Science fiction story

Serious - of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.

Sharply (adv)- suddenly and by a large amount:

Short story –

Soap opera- a television or radio story about the daily lives and relationships of the same group of people, which is broadcast regularly

Solely – not involving anything or anyone else

Spark(v)- to be the cause of something, especially trouble or violence
spring up to rise, leap, move, or act suddenly and swiftly, as by asudden dart or thrust forward or outward, orbeing suddenly released from a coiled or constrained position

Steadily – gradually. firmly held in a particular position without moving or shaking

Sting - if an insect or a plant stings you, it makes a very small hole in your skin and you feel a sharp pain because of a poisonous substance:

Successive(a)- coming or following one after the other:

Surge - a sudden, large increase in a feeling:

The public eye –

Thought provoking- making people think seriously about a particular subject:

Top- best or most successful:

Trace a call - to find out where a telephone call is coming from by using special electronic equipment:

Twist in a plot –

Wed (v)- to marry - used especially in literature or newspapers

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Allusion(n)- something said or written that mentions a subject, person etc indirectly

Bestow(v)- to give someone something of great value or importance

Corruption(n)- dishonest, illegal, or immoral behaviour, especially from someone with power:\

Embodiment(n)- someoe or something that represents or is very typical of an idea or quality

Endow(v)- to give a college, hospital etc a large sum of money that provides it with an income

Expose(v)- to show something that is usually covered or hidden:

Fundamental(a)- relating to the most basic and important parts of something:

Indomitable(a)- having great determination or courage:

Noble(a)- morally good or generous in a way that is admired:

Overlook(v)- to not notice something, or not see how important it is

Submission(n)- the state of being completely controlled by a person or group, and accepting that you have to obey them

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Animal rights(n)- the idea that people should treat animals well, and especially not use them in tests to develop medicines or other products

Antennae- one of two long thin parts on an insect's head, that it uses to feel things

Antlers- one of the two horns of a male

Bark(v)- when a dog barks, it makes a short loud sound or series of sounds

Beak- the hard pointed mouth of a bird

Boar- 1 a wild pig 2 a male pig

Bull- an adult male animal of the cattle family:

Bunch- a group of things that are fastened, held, or growing together

Buzz(v)- to make a continuous sound, like the sound of a bee:

Calf- the part of the back of your leg between your knee and your ankle

Cattle- cows and bulls kept on a farm for their meat or milk:

Chatter(v)- to talk for a long time about things that are not important

Chick- a baby bird, especially a young chicken

Claw- one of the sharp curved nails at the end of each of the toes of some animals and birds\

Cockerel- a young male chicken

Colony- a group of animals, insects or plants of the same type that live togethe

Console-a flat board that contains the controls for a machine, piece of electrical equipment, computer etc

Damage-money that a court orders someone to pay to someone else as a punishment for harming them or their property

Dense(a)- made of or containing a lot of things or people that are very close together

Dog collar-a piece of thin leather that you fasten around a dog's neck

Evolve(v)- if an animal or plant evolves, it changes gradually over a long period of time

Ewe-a female sheep

Exceptionally(adv)- extremely.

Fang- a long sharp tooth of an animal such as a snake or wild dog

Feather- one of the light soft things that cover a bird's body:

Fin- one of the thin body parts that a fish uses to swim

Flock- a group of sheep, goats, or birds

Foal- a young horse

Further education- education for adults after leaving school, that is not at a university

Gadget- small, useful, and cleverly-designed machine or tool:

Gill- one of the organs on the sides of a fish through which it breathes

Hen- an adult female chicken

Herd- a group of animals of one kind that live and feed together

Herd(v)- to bring people together in a large group, especially roughly:

Hind leg- the back limb of a quadruped

Hiss(v)- to say something in a loud whisper:

Hoof- the hard foot of an animal such as a horse, cow etc

Horn- the hard pointed thing that grows, usually in pairs, on the heads of animals such as cows and goats

Intuitively(adv)

Knuckle- a piece of meat around the lowest leg joint of a pig:

Lamb- a young sheep

Mammal- a type of animal that drinks milk from its mother's body when it is young. Humans, dogs, and whales are mammals.

Mane- the long hair on the back of a horse's neck, or around the face and neck of a lion

Mare- a female horse or donkey

Miaow(v)sound of cat

Pack- a small container, usually made of paper, that something is sold in

Palm- the inside surface of your hand, in which you hold things

Paw- the foot of an animal which has claws or nails, such as a cat, dog or bear

Piglet- a baby pig

Pile- a group of several things of the same type that are put on top of each othe

Protect(v)- to keep someone or something safe from harm, damage, or illness

Put(an animal) down

Ram- an adult male sheep

Retrieve(v)- to find something and bring it back

Roar(v)- to make a deep, very loud noise. We heard a lion roar.

Scales- one of the small flat pieces of skin that cover the bodies of fish, snakes etc

School- a large group of fish, whales, dolphins etc that are swimming together

Scratch(v) - if an animal scratches, it rubs its feet against something, often making a noise:

Shell- the hard protective covering of an animal such as a snail, mussel, orcrab:

Smoke- white, grey or black gas that is produced by something burning:

Sow- a fully grown female pig [

Squawk(v)- if a bird squawks, it makes a loud sharp angry sound

Squeak(v)- to make a short high noise or cry that is not loud:

Stallion- a male horse that is fully grown, especially one that is used for breeding

Swarm- a large group of insects, especially bees, moving together

Synthesise(v)- 1 to make something by combining different things or substances:

Tail- the part that sticks out at the back of an animal's body, and that it can move:

Tentacle- one of the long thin parts of a sea creature such as an octopus which it uses for holding things

Torture- an act of deliberately hurting someone in order to force them to tell you something, to punish them, or to be cruel:

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Tusk- one of a pair of very long pointed teeth, that stick out of the mouth of animals such as elephants

Whisker- one of the long stiff hairs that grow near the mouth of a cat, mouse etc

Whistle(v)- if a bird whistles, it makes a high musical sound

Wing- one of the parts of a bird's or insect's body that it uses for flying:

Withstand(v)- to be strong enough to remain unharmed by something such as great heat, cold, pressure etc

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