| abduct |
to carry off or lead away by force; kidnap. |
| adaptive |
capable of changing in response to changes in environment. |
| ancestry |
line of descent; lineage. |
| controversial |
causing arguments. |
| deduce |
to draw (a conclusion) by reasoning from given information or general principles. |
| ecology |
the scientific study of the relationships between living things and their environments. |
| expose |
to uncover or reveal. |
| extract |
a strong, concentrated form of a substance. |
| opposition |
the act or state of being against, or the state of having someone against another. |
| region |
a large space or area. |
| smirk |
to smile in a self-satisfied, offensively knowing, or self-conscious way. |
| stoke |
to add to and stir up the fuel of. |
| tarry1 |
to delay or postpone starting or acting; linger. |
| threshold |
the point when something starts to happen. |
| vortex |
a whirling mass of fluid, air, or the like, such as a whirlpool, that generates a vacuum in the center toward which things are drawn. |