Avoiding roadkill – The Hindu (Jan 10, 2018)

Avoiding roadkill – The Hindu (Jan 10, 2018)

The tragic death of Bajirao, one of India’s breeding tigers from the Bor reserve in Maharashtra, on a highway is a reminder that building unsuitable roads through wildlife habitats has a terrible cost.  For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

This preview is provided here with permission.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Word List-2 (To Improve English Vocabulary)

1. breeding (noun) – keeping and caring for animals (or plants) to produce more animals (or plants) of a specific genre.
2. habitat (noun) – natural environment, natural territory.
3. cost (adjective) – loss, damage, disadvantage/drawback.
4. irony (noun) – paradox, incongruity, peculiarity.
5. species (noun) – a group/breed/family of living organisms (animals & plants) with individual having the same quality & can breed.
6. successive (adjective) – consecutive, in succession, following.
7. amphibian (noun) – Greek word; an animal which lives a double life (on land and in water) (eg: frog).
8. inevitable (noun) – unavoidable, sure to happen, unpreventable.
9. convention (noun) – agreement, accord, protocol.
10. Biological Diversity/Biodiversity (noun) – the number and variety of species (plants & animals) in a particular geographic region.
11. heed (noun) – attention, notice, consideration.
12. realign (verb) – rebuild, renovate, revamp.
13. disperse (verb) – disband, separate, leave.
14. generic traits (noun) – inherited characteristic, feature, quality; flow of genes (heredity/genetics).
15. remedy (noun) – solution, answer, antidote/panacea.
16. underpass (noun) – underground passage.
17. sustainable (adjective) – valid, reliable, dependable.
18. curb (noun) – restriction, limitation, constraint.
19. sanctuary (noun) – natural reserve, park, wildlife reserve.
20. restraint (noun) – belt, strap; a device used to control speed.
21. convoy (noun) – a group of vehicles or ships that are traveling together usually for protection (Courtesy: VOA Learning English).
22. conservation (noun) – preservation, protection, safeguarding.

Note:   

1. Click each one of the words above for their definition, more synonyms, pronunciation, example sentences, phrases, derivatives, origin and etc from http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/.

2. Definitions (elementary level) & Synonyms provided for the words above are my personal work and not that of Oxford University Press. Tentative definitions/meanings are provided for study purpose only and they may vary in different context. Use it with the corresponding article published on the source (website) via the link provided. 

3. This word list is for personal use only. Reproduction in any format and/or Commercial use of it is/are strictly prohibited.