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Meanings of difficult words from the prose "Desert Animals":
Numbers | Words | Meanings |
1. | Scorching | Very hot |
2. | Gerbils | Mouse-like desert rodents with long hind legs |
3. | Burrow | A hole or tunnel dug by a small animal |
4. | Pebbly | Stony |
5. | Beetle | An insect |
6. | Frightening | Afraid |
7. | Harmless | Not able or likely to cause harm |
8. | Poison | A substance that is capable of causing the illness or death of a living organism |
9. | Voles | Small plant-eating rodents |
10. | Chipmunks | Small ground squirrels having light and dark stripes |
11. | Coil | To turn, to make a loop |
12. | Threatened | To be something that is likely to cause harm to someone or something |
13. | Venom | Poisonous toxin |
14. | Predator | An animal naturally preying on others |
15. | Amusing | Interesting; Enjoyable |
16. | Forage | An action of searching for food |
17. | Claws | Nails present in paws of animals used for defence |
18. | Paws | An animal's foot having claws and pads |
19. | Twittering | It is a call or a tweet sound (of a bird) and it gives a call consisting of repeated light trembling sounds |
20. | Suspicious | Doubtful |
21. | Bushes | A shrub or clump of shrubs with stems |
22. | Danger | The possibility of something unwelcome |
23. | Hunt | Pursue and kill (a wild animal) for sport or food |
24. | Famous | Well known |
25. | Dodge | Move quickly to avoid its enemy |
26. | Strikes | Attack |
27. | Nuisance | Annoyance |
28. | Tired | Exhausted |
29. | Mound | Heap |
30. | Hollow log | A log of wood with open space inside |
31. | Termite mound | Conical mound of soil |
32. | Kitten | A young mammal (any immature mammal) |
33. | Guard | Watch over in order to protect |
34. | Domesticated | To tame to keep at home or any other place |
35. | Shaggy | Covered with long, untidy hair |
36. | Tidier | Orderly and clean in appearance |
37. | Gallons | A unit of liquid equal to 4.55 litres |
38. | Moisture | Water or other liquid diffused in a small quantity as vapour |
39. | Scarce | Rare/ Harder to find |
40. | Pierce | An action where a sharp, pointed object tears through any other object |
41. | Hump | A rounded protuberance found on the back of a camel |
42. | Nourishes | Provide with the food or other substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition |
43. | Thorn | A stiff, sharp-pointed |
44. | Shrink | Become smaller in size |
45. | Rattle | Move or travel with a sharp knocking sound |
46. | Dunes | A mounds or ridges of sand |
47. | Dive | Sudden jump |
48. | Upright | Any object point straight towards the sky |
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