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