Reading4 Vocabulary2

Question 1

Shortsighted

Answer 1

-kurzsichtig

Question 2

Render

Answer 2

• to cause someone or something to be in a particular state

- >machen, übertragen

Question 3

Basin

Answer 3

-Becken

Question 4

Cope

Answer 4

• to deal with problems or difficulties

- >bewältigen, zurechtkommen

Question 5

Inhospitable

Answer 5

-unfriendly, unwelcoming

Question 6

Intend

Answer 6

• to have as a plant or a purpose

- >beabsichtigen, vorhaben

Question 7

Irrigation

Answer 7

• the bringing of water to previously dry land

- >Bewässerung

Question 8

Marked

Answer 8

• clear; noticeable

- >deutlich, ausgeprägt

Question 9

Mean

Answer 9

• average

- >durchschnittlich

Question 10

Pesticide

Answer 10

-chemicals used to ill insects

Question 11

Rebound

Answer 11

-to return to an earlier and better condition

Question 12

Recede

Answer 12

• move further back

- >zurücktreten, zurückweichen

Question 13

Reverse

Answer 13

-to cause something to move in the opposite direction

Question 14

Salinity

Answer 14

• the amount of salt in something

- >Salzgehalt

Question 15

Saturated

Answer 15

• completely full

- >gesättigt

Question 16

Volume

Answer 16

• the amount of space with length, height, and width

- >Rauminhalt/ Volumen