The Green Abyss Vocabulary

Vocabulary Word	Definition and Part of Speech:	Use the word in a sentence:	Draw a picture representing the word:
Arduous (r’ joo us)	Adjective: Difficult to do; laborious 2. Using much energy; strenuous
Bais	Noun: Small meadow clearing 2. clearings that elephants trample out of a forest
Botanist	Noun: a student of or specialist the branch of biology that studies plants, their life, structure, growth, classification, etc.
Driver Ants	Noun: also known as army ant: any of a number of carnivorous ants that travel in long lines and prey on insects and animals in their path

Vocabulary Word	Definition and Part of Speech:	Use the word in a sentence:	Draw a picture representing the word:
Egrets (ee’ grit)	Noun: a bird; a white heron, usually with long white plumes and long legs
Exigency (eggs jen see i )	Noun: a situation calling for immediate action or attention, emergency
Hepatitis	Noun: a viral disease causing inflammation of the liver and characterized by jaundice, fever etc.
Insectivore (insect a vore))	Noun: generally small, primitive mammals like moles, shrews, or hedgehogs, that are active mainly at night and that feed mostly on insects,
Machete (m shet’ee)	Noun: a large, heavy-bladed knife used for cutting down sugar cane, dense underbrush

Vocabulary Word	Definition and Part of Speech:	Use the word in a sentence:	Draw a picture representing the word:
Manioc (man’ ee ok)	Noun: another name for cassava (k sa’v ) A tropical American plant with starchy roots. The starch made from this plant, used to make tapioca
Monomania mon oh may nee a	Adjective: A mental disorder in which a person, otherwise rational, is obsessed with one idea or subject. 2 an extreme and irrational interest in one thing
Mosaic	Noun: the process of making pictures or designs by inlaying small bits of colored stone, glass, tile, etc. in mortar. 2. Anything resembling this
Poacher	Noun: to take anything by unfair or illegal methods; steal