Reading4 Vocabulary5

Question 1

accumulation

Answer 1

• a gradual increase

- >Ansammlung, Anhäufung

Question 2

adversely

Answer 2

• badly; affecting something in a negative manner

- >nachteilig

Question 3

attributable

Answer 3

• caused by

- >zuzuschreiben, zurechenbar

Question 4

conceivable

Answer 4

• possible to imagine or think

- >denkbar, vorstellbar

Question 5

contention

Answer 5

• a disagreement resulting from opposing arguments

- >Streit(Gespräch)

Question 6

curb

Answer 6

• to limit

- >dämmen, mäßigen

Question 7

ecosystem

Answer 7

-the system of relationship between all living things within an environment

Question 8

imposition

Answer 8

• the establishment of rules or laws that must be obeyed

- >Auferlegung, Verhängung

Question 9

induce

Answer 9

• to encourage or persuade someone to do something

- >veranlassen, herbeiführen

Question 10

landfill

Answer 10

• a place where garbage is buried

- >Mülldeponie

Question 11

mitigation

Answer 11

• a reduction in how harmful or unpleasant something can be

- >Milderung, Linderung

Question 12

submerged

Answer 12

• buried below water

- >getaucht, versunken

Question 13

tenable

Answer 13

• able to be defended

- >haltbar, vertretbar

Question 14

unabated

Answer 14

• without weakening in strength or force

- >unvermindert

Question 15

unequivocal

Answer 15

• clear and firm

- >eindeutig, unmissverständlich

Question 16

unprecedented

Answer 16

• never having happened or existed before

- >beispiellos, ohnegleichen