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TOEFL Vocab: Nature
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Answer 40 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Something that restricts thought or action
persevere
constraint
inherent
feature
2. To keep going - despite obstacles or discouragement; to maintain a purpose
physical
anticipate
irrigation
persevere
3. To greatly decrease the supply of a resource or material
cultivation
deplete
precipitation
adversely
4. To throw away; to get rid of; to kill
abandon
precipitation
aggregate
dispose
5. Naturally characteristic; always found within something - because it's a basic part of that thing
plunge
inherent
flood
catastrophic
6. To develop; to come forth
plunge
shrink
evolve
adapt
7. A sudden; often violent; outburst
eruption
plunge
precipitation
adversely
8. In terms of elements; basically
elementally
feature
intensify
adapt
9. To increase in power; to act with increased strength
abandon
intensify
elementally
precipitation
10. Complete disappearance; the end of existence
eruption
extinction
migration
stable
11. A group of people born at about the same time
reservoir
generation
inherent
survive
12. To continue living ( despite some danger or illness)
famine
reservoir
survive
cultivation
13. To gain possession of; to get
elementally
process
inherent
obtain
14. Various; showing a lot of differences within a group
diverse
anticipate
constraint
generation
15. The process by which green plants make their own food by combining water - salts - and carbon dioxide in the presence of light
inherent
photosynthesis
adapt
emission
16. Related to the body; related to materials that can be seen or felt
anticipate
physical
dispose
persevere
17. Gathered into or amounting to a whole
stable
diverse
elementally
aggregate
18. To come together with great or violent force
obtain
collide
deplete
aggregate
19. The supplying of water to dry land
migration
shrink
irrigation
elementally
20. An overflowing of water; an excessive amount
flood
unleash
eruption
extinction
21. A series of steps leading to a result
process
survive
photosynthesis
contamination
22. In a harmful way; negatively
aggregate
stable
adversely
irrigation
23. Being made less clean by a germ or hazardous substance
plunge
contamination
physical
famine
24. To adjust to the circumstances; to make suitable
adapt
contamination
plunge
obtain
25. A strong influence
impact
evolve
flood
irrigation
26. To expect; to sense something before it happens
adversely
anticipate
eruption
generation
27. Preparing the land to grow crops ; improvement for agricultural purposes
physical
eruption
precipitation
cultivation
28. To supply with nourishment for plants by adding helpful substances to the soil
dispose
evolve
anticipate
fertilize
29. Severe hunger; a drastic food shortage
obtain
adapt
inherent
famine
30. Extremely harmful; causing financial or physical ruin
constraint
catastrophic
plunge
famine
31. To release a thing or an emotion
shrink
famine
stable
unleash
32. Water that falls to the Earth's surface
abandon
adversely
famine
precipitation
33. Movement from one place to another by a group of people or animals
catastrophic
generation
migration
constraint
34. Part - characteristic
migration
unleash
eruption
feature
35. Sending out from a small space into the general environment; a substance discharged into the air
emission
precipitation
survive
shrink
36. Firm and dependable; showing little change
contamination
stable
photosynthesis
reservoir
37. To become reduced in size - amount - or value
persevere
reservoir
survive
shrink
38. A place where a liquid is collected and stored
reservoir
intensify
persevere
unleash
39. To leave; to give up
stable
survive
abandon
collide
40. To go down suddenly; to decrease by a great amount in a short time
emission
process
famine
plunge