(People predicted that tigers would be extinct by 2000.)
Meanings:
· figure out and make a statement about the future
· e.g. the astronomers can predict an eclipse; she read the sky and predicted rain
Synonyms: (1) anticipate, call, forecast, foresight, foretell, forebode, prognosticate, prophesy, project (2) [indicate by signs] augur auspicate, bode, foreshadow, omen, portend, presage, prefigure
Antonyms: be amazed, be surprised, doubt, suppose
EX+TINCT, adj. [ĭk-stĭngkt']
(People predicted that tigers would be extinct by 2000.)
Meanings:
· no longer existing
· e.g. mammoths became extinct in prehistoric times; an extinct species of fish
Synonyms: deceased, defunct, gone, vanished, nonextant, nonexistent
Antonyms: alive, existing, living, thriving, extant
HABITAT, n. [hāb'ĭ-tāt']
(Hunting and loss of habitat threaten their survival.)
Meaning:
· the place where an animal or plant lives or grows in nature
· e.g. a marine habitat, a tropical habitat; the Antarctic is the penguin's natural habitat
Synonyms: haunt, home, stamping ground, territory
BAN, n. [bān]
(The worldwide ban on tiger skins stopped much of the fur trade.)
Meanings:
· an official order that forbids something
· e.g. to ban nuclear weapons; the dictator banned all newspapers and books that criticized his regime; the government banned publication of his book
Synonyms: (1) debar, disallow, enjoin, forbid, inhibit, prohibit, proscribe, taboo, interdict (2) [to keep from being published] censor, stifle, suppress, back out, hush (up)
Antonym: allow, approve, legalize, permit, sanction, endorse
Idiom: keep (or put) a lid on
CONSERVATION n. [kŏn'sûr-vā'shən]
(Many countries have set up conservation areas.)
Meaning:
· to preserve and protect
· e.g. conservation of wildlife; conservation of human rights
Synonyms: care, husbandry, protection, preservation
Antonym: destruction, spending, squandering, waste
PLIGHT, n. [plīt]
(Publicity about their plight improves their chances for survival.)
Meaning:
· a bad condition
· e.g. she was in a terrible plight, as she had lost all her money; Dorothy shedding a few tears by the way at the sad plight of her old friend
Synonyms: predicament, quandary
