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