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