Set-1 Food Crops

Question 1

abandon

Answer 1

To leave; to give up

Anakin had to abandon the separatist ship that is about to blow up.

Question 2

adversely

Answer 2

In a harmful way; negatively

Tips: mostly followed by affect

The droughts had an adversely affect on growing crops last year.

Question 3

aggregate

Answer 3

Gathered into or amounting to a whole (adj)

Tips: often followed by a term like sum total or numbers

The aggregate war expenses are too much for even for The Empire to provide.

Question 4

cultivation

Answer 4

Preparing the land to grow corps; improvement for agricultural purposes. (n)
With the protected cultivation, our city will be able to grow plants even in winter.

Question 5

fertilize

Answer 5

To supply with nourishment for plants by adding helpful substances to the soil. (v)
We should fertilize more of our farmland in order to produce more and better goods.

Question 6

intensify

Answer 6

To increase in power; to act with increased strength. (v)

Palatine intensified Dooku’s doubts about Jedi serving to corrupted senate to turn him to dark side.

Question 7

irrigation

Answer 7

The supplying of water to dry land (n)

Due to the long irregular paths for irrigation, tractors can’t be used in this farmland.

Question 8

obtain

Answer 8

To gain possession of; to get

After series of interrogations they were able to obtain the information from the spy.

Question 9

photosynthesis

Answer 9

The process by which green plants make their own food by combining water, salts, and carbon dioxide in the presence of light (n)

Oxygen is a by-product of the process of photosynthesis.

Question 10

precipitation

Answer 10

Water that falls to the Earth’s surface (n)

The low level of precipitation in this part of world led to several droughts.