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TOEFL Vocab: Nature

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Instructions:
  • Answer 40 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To supply with nourishment for plants by adding helpful substances to the soil






2. Extremely harmful; causing financial or physical ruin






3. To continue living ( despite some danger or illness)






4. Severe hunger; a drastic food shortage






5. To expect; to sense something before it happens






6. To increase in power; to act with increased strength






7. Various; showing a lot of differences within a group






8. To throw away; to get rid of; to kill






9. To gain possession of; to get






10. The process by which green plants make their own food by combining water - salts - and carbon dioxide in the presence of light






11. In terms of elements; basically






12. To go down suddenly; to decrease by a great amount in a short time






13. Something that restricts thought or action






14. Being made less clean by a germ or hazardous substance






15. Preparing the land to grow crops ; improvement for agricultural purposes






16. To keep going - despite obstacles or discouragement; to maintain a purpose






17. A group of people born at about the same time






18. A place where a liquid is collected and stored






19. A strong influence






20. Related to the body; related to materials that can be seen or felt






21. To release a thing or an emotion






22. Part - characteristic






23. Water that falls to the Earth's surface






24. To greatly decrease the supply of a resource or material






25. In a harmful way; negatively






26. A series of steps leading to a result






27. Complete disappearance; the end of existence






28. Firm and dependable; showing little change






29. Sending out from a small space into the general environment; a substance discharged into the air






30. To become reduced in size - amount - or value






31. To adjust to the circumstances; to make suitable






32. To come together with great or violent force






33. To leave; to give up






34. To develop; to come forth






35. Gathered into or amounting to a whole






36. Movement from one place to another by a group of people or animals






37. A sudden; often violent; outburst






38. The supplying of water to dry land






39. An overflowing of water; an excessive amount






40. Naturally characteristic; always found within something - because it's a basic part of that thing