Texts 1-4 Flashcards

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1
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v. 1)To stop an activity before it is finished.
2) To leave a person, place, or thing

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Abandon

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Adj. 1) Harmful or likely to cause problems.
2) Having a negative/harmful effect on something.

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Adverse

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n. Something formed by adding together several things.
v. To combine into a single group or total.

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Aggregate

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v. 1) To prepare the land to grow crops.
2) to try and improve something.

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Cultivate

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v. 1) To spread natural/chemical substance on land, in order to make them grow well.
2) To cause a seed/egg to start develop into a new plant/animal.

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Fertilize

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v. To make something /to become stronger, or more extreme

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Intensify

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n. The practice of supplying land with water so that plant will be able to grow.

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Irrigation

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v. To get something especially by asking/working for it or by buying or
producing it.

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Obtain

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n. 1) Water that falls from the clouds towards the ground, especially
rain or snow.
2) A way of behaving too quickly and without thinking.

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Precipitation

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v. To imagine/expect that something will happen and
sometimes taking action in preparation

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Anticipate

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v. To hit something violently (especially objects)

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Collide

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n. 1) an occasion where a volcano explodes
2) The act of starting suddenly and violently

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Eruption

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n. An extreme lack of food in a region, causing suffering

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Famine

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n. 1) The force of action of one objet hitting another
2) An effect something has on a person/ situation
v. To have an influence on something

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Impact

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v. To continue to exist/do or achieve something despite a difficult situation

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Persevere

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v. 1) To move/fall suddenly down into something.
2) To become lower in value.

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Plunge

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v. To suddenly release a violent force that cannot he controlled

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Unleash

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v. 1) To adjust to different conditions or uses
2) To become familiar with a new situation

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Adapt

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v. Including many different types of things.

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Diverse

20
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v. To develop gradually, auto cause something to
develop gradually.

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Evolve

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n. A typical quality or an important part of something

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Feature

22
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adj. Existing as a natural or basic of something

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Inherent

23
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n. Something that limits the range of a person’s
actions or freedom

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Constraint

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n. 1) The act of sending out gas, light, heat
2) To describe the amount of gas, lest light

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Emission

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v. To change something slightly, especially to make
it move correct ,effective or suitable

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Adjust