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Should We Bring Back the Woolly Mammoth? Vocabulary
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Should We Bring Back the Woolly Mammoth? - Vocabulary clone – (verb) to produce an exact genetic copy of a plant or animal. –Scientists plan to clone an extinct animal. extinct – (adj.) a species that is no longer in existence because the last living example has died out: –Scientists plan to clone an extinct animal. behemoth - (noun) any creature or thing of monstrous size or power –This behemoth is a woolly mammoth. gruesome – (adj.) causing great horror; disgusting, gross –Cloning efforts often fail, and cloned animals tend to have serious and sometimes gruesome health problems. resurrect – (verb) to raise from the dead; bring to life again. –Many people wonder why millions of dollars and countless research hours should be spent attempting to resurrect a species that went extinct thousands of years ago
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Should We Bring Back the Woolly Mammoth? – Vocabulary Review clone – –(verb) to produce an exact genetic copy of a plant or animal. extinct – –(adj.) a species that is no longer in existence because the last living example has died out: behemoth – –(noun) any creature or thing of monstrous size or power gruesome – –(adj.) causing great horror; disgusting, gross resurrect – –(verb) to raise from the dead; bring to life again.
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