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