[BIOLOGY]IELTS Vocabulary: Learn 300 Essential Words for IELTS

🔬decay=> decayed

=> Many insects enjoy a diet of rotting and decaying vegetation

=> The bodies buried in ash started to decay.

=> The old theatre was left to decay.

-decaying vegetation

-decaying flesh

-tooth decay

-process of decay

----> rot-----> deteriorate----> decompose

🔬dormant

=> The dormant volcano St Helens suddenly erupted in 1980.

=> The virus remains dormant in nerve tissue until activated.

=> The UN is reactivating peace talks that have been dormant for two decades.

-dormant for

-dormant state

-lie dormant

-remain dormant

----> asleep----> sluggish----> inert----> latent----> inactive

🔬exhale=> exhalation=> exhaling=> exhaled

=> You should inhale through your nose and exhale through your mouth.

=> Carbon dioxide is exhaled through your mouth.

=> She slowly exhaled the cigarette smoke.

-exhale through

-exhale from

-exhale slowly

-exhale air

----> breathe out----> give off----> let out----> emit

🔬inhale=> inhalation=> inhaling=> inhaled

=> He took a long, slow breath, inhaling deeply.

=> He was treated for the effects of inhaling smoke.

=> She inhaled the scent of the flowers.

-inhale deeply

-inhale slowly

-inhale air

-inhale smoke

----> breathe in----> suck in----> smell----> sniff

🔬fertilize=> fertilization

=> Certain varieties of plant cannot be fertilized with their own pollen.

=> A certain sperm count is needed in order to fertilize the egg.

=> The land was fertilized for seed planting.

-fertilize plants

-fertilize something with

-artificially fertilize

-successfully fertilized

----> inseminate----> enrich----> germinate----> pollinate

🔬reproduce=> reproduction

=> We are reproducing ourselves at an excessive rate.

=> Genes are copied and swapped during sexual reproduction.

=> In this society, women are defined by their ability to reproduce.

-animals reproduce

-plants reproduce

-reproduce a species

-sexual reproduction

----> breed----> replicate----> clone----> recreate

🔬suppress=> suppression

=> The growth of cancerous cells can be suppressed through radiation.

=> There is evidence that UV light can suppress the immune system.

=> A doctor must learn to suppress his feelings.

-suppress the immune system

-suppress the appetite

-treatment suppresses

-drugs suppress

----> stop----> inhibit----> cut off----> contain