| A | B |
| native | from a region |
| enhance | to make better |
| modification | a change made to somethign |
| resistant | unwilling to accept |
| vitality | strength or endurance |
| progenitor | an ancestor |
| indigenous | naturally occuring |
| botany | a branch of science |
| immortality | the ability to live forever |
| innate | being born with some ability or quality |
| mortify | to embarrass |
| renaissance | rebirth |
| morbid | gloomy or unhealthy |
| nascent | developing |
| create | generate |
| gene | unit that determines heredity |
| genesis | the beginning |
| prenatal | before birth |
| genetics | the study of heredity |
| morgue | place where bodies are kept before burial |
| compost | a mixture of decayed plants |
| organic | coming from living matter |
| foliage | leaves |
| verdant | covered with green growth |
| fertility | the ability to support life |
| flora | a region's plants |
| arbor | a shaded area often covered with vines or flowers |
| agrarian | farming |
| herbaceous | herb-like |
| pesticide | chemical to kill pests |
| gen | birth, kind, or origin |
| nasc/nat | born, natural |
| mort | death |
| -ous | indicates an adjective |
| -tion | indicates a noun |
| -ical/-al | indicates a noun or an adjective |
| re- | again |
| pre- | before |