Collection 2: Hope for Animals and Their World

As you read Jane Goodall's "Hope for Animals and Their World," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 10's Collection 2: Called Out, Hope for Animals and Their World, My Life as a Bat
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  1. invertebrate
    any animal lacking a backbone or notochord
  2. loathe
    dislike intensely; feel disgust toward
  3. Albert Schweitzer
    French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965)
  4. pollinate
    fertilize by transferring spores from one plant to another
  5. genus
    taxonomic group containing one or more species
  6. precipitous
    done with very great haste and without due deliberation
  7. regurgitate
    feed through the beak by bringing back swallowed food
  8. sate
    fill to contentment
  9. pupate
    develop into a pupa
  10. suitable
    worthy of being chosen
  11. carcass
    the dead body of an animal
  12. carrion
    the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food
  13. retain
    secure and keep for possible future use or application
  14. nurture
    help develop; help grow
  15. vivid
    having striking color
Created on Thu Jul 03 16:55:08 EDT 2014 (updated Fri Jul 04 11:37:02 EDT 2014)

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