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