1 of 42

Unit 10 Vocabulary

2 of 42

anxious

worried and nervous

​

3 of 42

bark

the hard substance that covers the surface of a tree

4 of 42

blood

the red liquid that flows around your body

5 of 42

bone

one of the hard pieces that make the structure inside a person or animal

​

6 of 42

bud

a part of a plant that develops into a leaf or a flower

​

​

7 of 42

calm

to make someone stop feeling upset, angry, or excited

​

​

8 of 42

clearing

a small area in the middle of a forest, where there are no trees

​

​

9 of 42

crack open

to open an egg or nut by breaking its shell

​

​

10 of 42

cure

to make someone with an illness healthy again

​

​

​

11 of 42

daylight

the natural light from the sun

​

​

​

12 of 42

fed up

annoyed or bored by something that you have experienced for too long:

​

I'm ______ with my job.

​

13 of 42

fever

a high body temperature because you are sick

14 of 42

forever

for all time in the future

15 of 42

hate

to dislike someone or something very much

16 of 42

life

the time between a person's birth and their death

17 of 42

life cycle

the changes that happen in the life of an animal or plant

18 of 42

light

to make something start to burn

19 of 42

Madagascar

a country on an island to the east of Africa

20 of 42

normal

usual, ordinary, and expected

Sue is a _______healthy child.

21 of 42

normally

in the ordinary way that you would expect

​

Both lungs are now functioning _______.

22 of 42

pain

an unpleasant physical feeling caused by an illness or injury

23 of 42

kill

to make someone or something die

24 of 42

killer

someone who kills

25 of 42

painkiller

a drug that reduces pain

26 of 42

passage

a long, narrow space that connects one place to another

27 of 42

secret

something that you tell no one about

28 of 42

secret passage

a passage that people don’t know about

29 of 42

petal

one of the thin, flat, coloured parts on the outside of a flower

30 of 42

process

a series of actions that you take in order to achieve a result

31 of 42

raft

a small, flat boat made by tying pieces of wood together

32 of 42

recently

not long ago:

​

Have you seen any good films _______?

​

33 of 42

roots

the part of a plant that grows under the ground and gets water and food from the soil

34 of 42

serious

A _________ problem or situation is bad and makes people worry

35 of 42

shoot

a new branch or stem growing on a plant

36 of 42

sore

painful, especially when touched

37 of 42

stem

the long, thin part of a plant that the leaves and flowers grow on

38 of 42

tablet

a small, round object containing medicine that you swallow

39 of 42

throat

the back part of your mouth and the passages inside your neck

40 of 42

trunk

the thick stem of a tree that the branches grow from

41 of 42

fold

If you _____ something, you bend it so that one part of it lies flat on top of another part

42 of 42

unfold

to become open and flat