Карточки TOEFL: Advanced Animals Vocabulary Set 1 | Quizlet

aviary

(noun) A large enclosure, building, or cage in which birds are confined and kept in.

burrow

(noun) A place inside the ground (a hole) where animals shelter or hide.

canine

(adjective) Resembling or relating to a dog.

chameleon

(noun) Type of reptile that can change color to adapt to its environment.

colony

(noun) A group of animals that live together.

crustacean

(noun) An arthropod that lives in the water, such as crabs.

cull

(verb) To selectively kill off animals as a part of environmental population control.

domesticate

(verb) To adapt something or someone to be domestic; to adapt to coexistence with humans.

equestrian

(adjective) Used to describe something or someone related to horseback riding.

herbivorous

(adjective) Used to describe animals that feed only on plants.

menagerie

(noun) A collection of animals kept to be trained or exhibited.

mite

(noun) A very small, typically harmful insect.

molt

(verb) To naturally shed off old hair, feathers, or skin.

pincer

(noun) The claw of crustaceans such as lobsters.

rein

(noun) A straight and thin strip of material, most often leather, that helps in directing and guiding a horse.

ruminant

(noun) Mammals that chew on their cud, like deer, giraffes, and cows.

swarm

(noun) A large group of insects flying or moving in the same direction.

yearling

(noun) An animal that is between one and two years of age.

aviary

Which word has the following synonyms?

birdhouse, cage, bird sanctuary

burrow

Which word has the following synonyms?

den, lair, hole,

colony

Which word has the following synonyms?

community, population

crustacean

Which word has the following synonyms?

shellfish

cull

Which word has the following synonyms?

kill, slaughter, reduce

domesticate

Which word has the following synonyms?

tame, habituate, naturalize, accustom

herbivorous

Which word has the following synonyms?

fruitarian

menagerie

Which word has the following synonyms?

zoo, safari, exhibition

mite

Which word has the following synonyms?

insect, bug, parasite

molt

Which word has the following synonyms?

shed, slough off, cast off

pincer

Which word has the following synonyms?

claw, nipper, pincher.

rein

Which word has the following synonyms?

harness, hold, brake

swarm

Which word has the following synonyms?

bevy, herd, flock, horde, mob

cull

Which word has the following antonyms?

expand, spread

domesticate

Which word has the following antonyms?

abandon, disjoin, fix, mend, neglect

molt

Which word has the following antonyms?

grow, produce, generate

aviary

There was a huge _____ in the park containing a variety of colorful birds.

burrow

I found a _____ in my garden made by our little rabbit

canine

The _____ instincts of the poodle made it run after the ball.

chameleon

An interested fact about a _____ is that it can move its eyes independently of each other.

colony

The tourists visited a penguin _____ on the coastline.

crustacean

A crab is a _____.

culling

_____ the snake population is seen as necessary by some.

domesticate

They tried to _____ a tiger but his natural hunting instincts made it unsafe for him to live in a home like a typical house cat.

equestrian

She started taking _____ classes because she loved horses.

herbivorous

There are many _____ animals like pandas and giraffes.

menagerie

The man was arrested for having a _____ of illegal exotic animals.

mites

We could not sleep in the bed because it was full of _____.

molt

Some animals _____ their hair before summer.

pincers

Look at the scorpion's _____ - aren't they fascinating?

reins

The boy fell off the horse since he pulled both _____ suddenly which startled the horse.

ruminant

I suspected that some kind of _____ had ruined my flower garden because all the plants were chewed up.

swarm

A _____ of bees flew towards me when I opened the hive.

yearling

The horse's _____ was growing up quickly.