Wordly Wise - Lesson 3 - Word List

To understand.

• duration

• evident

• carnivore

• comprehend

The time during which something lasts or continues.

• extinct

• duration

• comprehend

• evident

A flesh-eating animal.

• ancestor

• comprehend

• carnivore

• evident

Easy to see and to understand; obvious, clear.

• ancestor

• carnivore

• comprehend

• evident

No longer existing or living.

No longer active.

• duration

• comprehend

• extinct

• ancestor

To save; to keep from harm; to protect.

To keep from rotting or spoiling.

• extinct

• option

• preserve

• premature

A person from whom one is descended.

An early kind of animal from which later ones have developed; a forerunner.

• ancestor

• carnivore

• grandparent

• duration

Too early; happening or arriving before the proper time.

• preserve

• option

• ferocious

• premature

Choice, or something that is available as a choice.

• preserve

• extinct

• option

• obscure

To cover up or keep from being seen.

Hard to see; hidden.

Not easy to understand.

• option

• premature

• ferocious

• obscure