Lesson 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 Flashcards
Alternative
Replacement , substitute
🔺 ebooks are interesting alternative to books.
Constrain(v)
= limit = restrict
Constraint(n) = limitation = restriction
🔺time constraints make it impossible to do anything.
Contamination(n)
= pollution
Contaminate(v) = pollute = adulterate
Contaminant(n)
🔺 the water supply was contaminated with mercury.
Deplete (v)
Decrease = reduce = diminish = plunge = plummet = ebb = decline = shrink
Depletion(n) = diminution = reduction = shrinkage
Dispose of (v)
To get rid of = to throw away
Disposal (n)
🔺disposal of nuclear wastes is very hard.
🔺we have to dispose of the nuclear wastes.
Elementally
= basically
🔺elementally, coal and diamonds are the same.
Emission (n)
Emit (v)
🔺the emission of contaminants to the air has to be constrained.
Reservoir(n)
Where the water is being collected and reserved
🔺 water reservoirs
Shrink (v)
To reduce in size or amount
Shrinkage(n)
🔺shrinkage of clothes due to the touching with water
Arbitrary
Based on a random choice not a wise one.
= random = haphazard = casual
🔺the decision to build a house was arbitrary without any thought of future
Exponentially (adv)
At a very fast rate
🔺 the value of currency of Iran depleted exponentially in the past ten years.
Infinitesimal (adj)
= tiny = very small = minuscule = negligible = minute = inappreciable
Proportionate (adj)
Proportionally(adv)
🔺the amount of food is proportionate to the body of an individual.
Sequence (v) (n)
To arrange in a particular order
🔺the volunteers have been told to sequence the files.
Adjacent (n)
Next to , close
🔺two villages are adjacent to each other.
