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