Petroleum Alternatives

Question 1

constraint n.

Answer 1

ограничение (restriction, limitation)

The constraints of military life kept Eileen from seeing private Morris more than once a month.

Question 2

contamination n.

Answer 2

загрязнение

The contamination in the river came from the factory located just upstream.

Question 3

deplete v.

Answer 3

истощать, исчерпывать

The prolonged war depleted the country’s national treasury.

Question 4

dispose of v.

Answer 4

распоряжаться, избавиться, ликвидировать

She disposed of her unwanted possessions before moving. The tyrant cruelly disposed of all his enemies.

Question 5

elementally adv.

Answer 5

элементарно, In terms of elements; basically (по сути)

Elementally, coal and diamonds are the same.

Question 6

emission n.

Answer 6

выпуск, распространение, выброс

The Environmental Protection Agency regulates the emission of pollutants into the air.

Question 7

extinction n.

Answer 7

исчезновение

Human beings have caused the extinction of many other species.

Question 8

reservoir n.

Answer 8

резервуар, водохранилище

Terrorists threatened to put poison in the town’s reservoir.

Question 9

shrink v.

Answer 9

сокращать, сокращаться, сжиматься

If you dry your clothes on the “high heat” setting, they may shrink.

Question 10

stable adj.

Answer 10

стабильный, устойчивый

He fell because the ladder wasn’t stable.