Vocabulary – Boll Weevil in Georgia
Pest
Noun
An organism that is damaging to livestock, crops, humans, or land fertility
Eliminate
Verb
To get rid of something
Staple Crop
Noun
The main or most important crop grown in a geographic region
Antebellum
Adjective
Before the Civil War
Scourge
Noun
somebody or something that is seen as an agent of punishment, destruction, or severe criticism
Infesting
Verb
to overrun a place or site in large numbers and become threatening, harmful, or unpleasant
Eradicated
Verb
To get rid of something completely
Insidious
Adjective
slowly and subtly harmful or destructive
Foes
Noun
an enemy or