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40 Cards in this Set
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To leave; to give up
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Abandon
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In a harmfull way; negatively
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Adversely
- Adversely is often followed by affect |
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Gathered into or amounting to a whole
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Aggregate
- Aggregate is often followed by a term like sum, total or numbers |
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Preparing the land to grow crops; improvement for agricultural purposes
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Cultivation
- Cultivate v. |
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To supply with nourishment for plants by adding helpful substances to the soil
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Fertilize
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To increase in power; to act with increased strength
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Intensify
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The supplying of water to dry land
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Irrigation
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To gain possession of; to get
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Obtain
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The process by which green plants make their own food by combining water, salts and carbon dioxide in the presence of light
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Photosynthesis
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Water that falls to the Earth's surface
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Precipitation
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To expect; to sense something before it happens
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Anticipate
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Extremly harmful; causing financial or physical ruin
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Catastrophic
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To come together with great or violent force
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Collide
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A sudden, often violent outburst
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Eruption
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Severe hunger; a drastic food shortage
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Famine
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An overflowing of water; an excessive amount
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Flood
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A strong influence
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Impact
- Impact if usually followed by "on" or "off" |
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To keep going despite obstacles or discouragement; to maintain a purpose
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Persevere
- to persevere/to persist |
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To go down suddenly; to decrease great in amount in a short time
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Plunge
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To release a thing or an emotion
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Unleash
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To adjust the circumstances; to make suitable
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Adapt
- Often followed by "to" |
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Various; showing a lot of differences within a group
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Diverse
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To develop; to come forth
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Evolve
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Part, characteristic
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Feature
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A group of people born at about the same time
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Generation
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Naturally characteristic; always found within something, because its a basic part of that thing
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Inherent
- Inherent is often followed by "in" |
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Movement from one place to another by a group of people or animals
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Migration
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Related to the body; related to materials that can be seen or felt
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Physical
- Physical usually comes before the noun it describes |
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A series of steps leading to a result
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Process
- Process is often followed by "of" plus the -ing form of a verb |
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To continue living (despite some danger or illness)
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Survive
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Something that restricts thought or action
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Constraint
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Being made less clean by a germ or hazardous substance
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Contamination
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To greatly decrease the supply of a resource or material
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Deplete
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To throw away; to get rid off; to kill
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Dispose of
- Dispose is always followed by "of" |
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In terms of elements; basically
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Elementally
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Sending out from a small space into the general environment; a substance discharged into the air
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Emission
- Emission is usually followed by an "of" phrase |
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Complete disappearance; the end of existence
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Extinction
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A place where a liquid is collected and stored
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Reservoir
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To become reduced in size, amount, or value
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Shrink
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Firm and dependable; showing little change
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Stable
- Stability (n.), stably (adv.) |
