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