VOCABULARY ENHANCEMENT

3. plunge head first into water.
7. a swift-running deerlike ruminant with smooth hair and upward-pointing horns
10. the lower surface of a room, on which one may walk.
11. a very large marine mammal with a streamlined hairless body, a horizontal tail fin, and a blowhole on top of the head for breathing.
12. a large flightless seabird of the southern hemisphere, with black upper parts and white underparts and wings developed into flippers for swimming under water.
13. a person who is proficient in sports and other forms of physical exercise.
16. an insect of an order distinguished by forewings typically modified into hard wing cases (elytra) that cover and protect the hind wings and abdomen.
17. a hard permanent outgrowth, often curved and pointed, found in pairs on the heads of cattle, sheep, goats, giraffes, etc.

1. It is the fastest animal on land.
2. the rate at which someone or something is able to move or operate.
4. a person or animal that hunts.
5. a hollow place in a solid body or surface.
6. the measurement or extent of something from end to end
8. living, not dead.
9. strive to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others who are trying to do the same.
14. raise to a higher position or level.
15. It is the largest living land animal.