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a living thing

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creature

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a large group, usually of insects

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swarm

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an animal that kills other animals for food

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predator

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active mainly at night

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nocturnal

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the babies of an animal

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offspring

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be more than another group

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outnumber

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dust-like substance produced by flowers

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pollen

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cause something to start happening

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trigger

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be harmed or affected by something bad

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fall prey to

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to make changes to something in order to improve it

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modify

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very common

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prevalent (prevail, v.)

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become less bright

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fade

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decrease rapidly

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plummet

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remove the liquid from something

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drain (drainage, n.)

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a small amount that is left behind

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residue

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tiny, miniscule

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minute

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obvious, apparent

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(in)conspicious

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closely packed together

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dense

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a group of similar things that are close together

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cluster

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extremely steep

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sheer

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See image

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cliff

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opp. vertical

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horizontal

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a solid structure that supports part of a building

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pillar

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an area surrounded by a fence or wall

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enclosure

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to copy something achieved by someone else and try to do it as well as they have

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emulate

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copy

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imitate

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obey a law

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adhere to 1 (adherence, n.)

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stick to something

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adhere to 2 (adhesive, adj.)

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hold something or someone tightly

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cling to

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jump

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leap

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a photographic copy of an early plan for a building or machine

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blueprint 1

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plan for how something can be achieved

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blueprint 2

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change to suit new conditions

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adaptation (adaptable, adj.)

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to start or develop as the result of something

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stem from

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most of the people or things in a group

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majority (opp. minority)

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crash into

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collide with (collision, n.)

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attach two things together

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bond

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​to look the same as surrounding people or things and therefore not be easily noticeable

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blend into

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a group of birds, sheep, goats

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flock

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the practice of making technological and industrial design copy natural processes

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biomimicry

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a grasshopper that often migrates in large numbers

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locust

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new and original

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innovative

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capable of being successful

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viable (viability, n.)

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make something as good as it can become

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perfect

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impossible to be seen without special equipment

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(be) invisible to the naked eye

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touch

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come into contact with

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forces of attraction between molecules

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intermolecular

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be as good, clever, beautiful, etc. as someone or something else

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rival

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an original model on which later versions are patterned

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prototype

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in a particular way

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in a ... fashion

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cover something that is open and close it completely

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seal

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the remains of something that has been destroyed

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debris

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not as good as someone/something else

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inferior (opp. superior)

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able to be maintained at a certain rate or level

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sustainable

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ability to move quickly and easily

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agility (agile, adj.)

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the quality of being better than others

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superiority

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