Term 3 Vocabulary

1. Continuing or trying to do something, even though it is difficult or other people want you to stop.
3. To use something—like a picture, model, or symbol—to stand for or show an idea or object.
4. To explain the meaning of something or to understand information in a particular way.
6. Made up of many different types of people, things, or ideas.
7. The unfair treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of ethnicity, age, gender, or disability.
10. In a worried or nervous way.
13. A promise or a firm decision to do something and stick with it, even when it is difficult or takes a long time.
16. To have changed or developed slowly over millions of years, often from a simple form to a more complex one.
17. A person who moves from one place to another, especially to find work or better living conditions.
18. Feeling a strong need or hopelessness.
20. To examine something very carefully and in detail to understand it or find patterns.
22. To struggle mentally or physically; to be unsure or hesitant.
24. To give someone the confidence, strength, or ability to do something important.
25. Unfriendly and aggressive; showing or feeling opposition.
26. To find or discover something that was hidden, buried, or secret.
27. (Of a type of animal or plant) no longer existing anywhere in the world.

1. Animals that survive by hunting, killing, and eating other animals.
2. A group of living things (animals or plants) that are of the same type and can breed with each other.
5. A journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially exploration, research, or war.
8. When people are treated unfairly because of their skin colour or background.
9. To be able to reach, get, or use something.
11. A general and often unfair idea that many people have about a particular group of people.
12. A difficult or painful experience that severely tests endurance or character.
14. A general direction in which something is developing or changing over time.
15. To have come from an ancestor or source that lived in the past.
19. Something important (like a tradition, value, or story) that is handed down from people who lived in the past to people in the present or future.
21. A person who legally belongs to a country.
23. Making sure that everyone is included and feels welcome, especially people who might otherwise be left out.
28. The act of people coming to live permanently in a foreign country.