Essential Words For IELTS Flashcards
Crates
A crate is a large shipping container
Array
A large number, a collection
Swath
A broad strip or area of something
Microorganisms
An organism that can be seen only through a microscope
Terrestrial
Living on the land
Aquatic
Living in the water
Integrity
The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles, The state of being whole and undivided
Myriad
Many, Numerous
Amphibians
Any of a group of cold-blooded vertebrate animals that have gills and live in water as larvae but breathe air as adults.
Canopy
The uppermost branches of the trees in a forest, forming a more or less continuous layer of foliage.
Intact
Whole, Complete
Runoff
The draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from the surface of an area of land, a building or structure, etc.
Intercepting
To catch, To interrupt the progress of something
Porous
(Of a rock or other material) having minute interstices through which liquid or air may pass.
Erosion
Loss of soil from the action of water or wind
Furrows
A long, narrow trench made in the ground by a plough, especially for planting seeds or irrigation.
Infertile
(of a person, animal, or plant) unable to reproduce itself; unable to have young, (of land) unable to sustain crops or vegetation.
Vegetation
Plants
Inhibits
To prevent, Slow down
Algae
A simple, non-flowering, and typically aquatic plant of a large group that includes the seaweeds and many single-celled forms. Algae contain chlorophyll but lack true stems, roots, leaves, and vascular tissue.
Obliterates
Destroy utterly; wipe out.
Depletion
Reduction in the number or quantity of something
Emit
produce and discharge (something, especially gas or radiation)
Airborne
Transported by air.
Deteriorates
Become progressively worse.
Sediment
Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs.
Basin
A bowl for washing, typically attached to a wall and having taps connected to a water supply; a washbasin.
Deforestation
The removal of all trees from a large area
