Advertising agency: a company that creates adverts for other companies advertising budget

Astronomical price– Really expensive

IELTS Animal rights Vocabulary

The wild– nature

Domesticated– living in a house with people (such as pets)

Anthropomorphize– putting human characteristics onto animals

Fur– animal hair

Feathers– long special hair on a bird

Hooves– animal feet, like horses and goats

Reptiles– animals that are cold-blooded, with scales

Mammals– animals that are warm-blooded, with hair

Amphibians– animals that can live in the water and on land, no scales

Battery farming– industrial practice of putting lots of animals in rows of small cages

Specimen– research subject

Guinea pig– idiom for anything that is experimented on

the animal kingdom

the group of all living creatures that are animals

burrow

/ˈbɜr·oʊ/ (noun) a hole dug in the ground that an animal, such as a rabbit, lives in

crop

/krɑp/ (noun) a plant such as a grain, vegetable, or fruit grown in large amounts on a farm, or the total amount gathered of such a plant: - Apple growers celebrated their biggest crop ever last year.

decline

/dɪˈklɑɪn/ (noun) to go down in amount or quality

den

/den/ (noun) a room in a home that is used esp. for reading and watching television: - We have a computer in the den.

ecology

/ɪˈkɑl·ə·dʒi/ (noun) the relationship of living things to their environment and to each other, or the scientific study of this: - The oil spill caused great damage to the fragile ecology of the coastline.

extinction

/ɪkˈstɪŋkt/ (noun) no longer existing: - There is concern that the giant panda will soon become extinct.

fauna

/ˈfɔ·nə/ (noun) all the animals of a particular area or period of time

flora

/ˈflɔr·ə/ (noun) all the plants of a particular area or period of time

habitat

/ˈhæb·ɪˌtæt/ (noun) the natural surroundings in which an animal or plant usually lives

human nature

the behavior and feelings common to most people

Mother Nature

nature or weather considered as a force that has power over human beings

pesticide

/ˈpes·təˌsɑɪd/ (noun) a chemical substance used to kill harmful insects, small animals, wild plants, and other unwanted organisms

predator

/ˈpred·ə·t̬ər/ (noun) an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food

prey

/preɪ/ (noun) a creature that is hunted and killed for food by another animal:

repercussion

/ˌri·pərˈkʌʃ·ən/ (noun) the usually bad effect of an event, action, or decision: - The repercussions of her comments could be serious.

scent

/sent/ (noun) a smell, esp. when pleasant, or a smell left behind by an animal or person: - The dogs were onto the lost boy's scent (= were following his smell).

soil

/sɔɪl/ (noun) the material on the surface of the ground in which plants grow

vermin

/ˈvɜr·mən/ (noun) small animals and insects that are harmful or annoying and are often difficult to control: - She reported an infestation of vermin, including rats, in the basement of the apartment house.

weed

/wid/ (noun) any wild plant that grows in a garden or field where it is not wanted: - My garden is overrun with weeds.

arid

/ˈær·ɪd/ (adjective) (of land or weather) having little rain

catastrophe

/kəˈtæs·trə·fi/ (adjective) a sudden event that causes great suffering or destruction: - Losing his job was a financial catastrophe for his family. catastrophic /ˌkæt̬·əˈstrɑf·ɪk/ (adjective)

disastrous

/dɪˈzɑː.strəs/ (adjective) extremely bad or unsuccessful - Such a war would be disastrous for the country.

domesticated

/dəˈmes·tɪˌkeɪ·t̬ɪd/ (adjective) brought under human control: - the wild ancestors of our domesticated chickens

endangered

/ɪnˈdeɪn.dʒəd/ (adjective) animals or plants which may soon not exist because there are very few now alive