Depleting (p. 123) (v.):

reducing the amount of

something

Ex. 1: We are depleting the world’s natural resources.

Ex.2: Earth’s natural resources are depleting as a

result of harmful human activities such as burning

fossil fuels and excessively cutting down trees.

-MITIGATE (P.123)(V.)

:TO MAKE SOMETHING LESS SEROUS,

PAINFUL, UNPLEASANT, ETC.

1-because of the mitigating

circumstances, the judge

gave her a lighter sentence.

2- It is too late to mitigate

what has become a global

crisis.

-DEFORESTATION (P.123)(N.)

:CUTTING DOWN TREES OVER

A LARGE AREA.

1- Deforestation is a major cause of global

warming

2- Deforestation the act of cutting down

trees

-DEGRADATION

(P.123)(N.)

:DEGRADING SOMEBODY

OR BEING DEGRADED

1-The degradation of a woman

2- Degradation to keep something

from moving or growing

- DISRUPTION

(P.123)(N.)

: TO DISTURB A

PROCESS OR SYSTEM.

1- The strike severely disrupted

flights to Spain.

2- The Process of something being

damaged.

- PRECIPITATION

(P.123)(N.)

:RAIN, SNOW, SLEET, OR

HAIL THAT FALLS TO THE

GROUND.

1- The past few weeks have been

stormy ones, but at resort level,

Precipitation is still falling as rain.

2- Precipitation the amount of rain

or snow that falls.

-RENEWABLE

(P.123)(ADJ)

:NATURAL RESOURCE OR

SOURCE OF ENERGY.

1- The scheme requires produces

of renewable electricity to be

inspected and certified.

2- Reducing something to an

insufficient amount.

-HABITAT (P.123)(N.)

: THE NATURAL HOME OF

PLANT OR AN ANIMAL.

1- this house is not the right for

human habitat.

2- habitat are the places where

plants and animals are found.

- ERODING (P.123)(V.)

: OF WIND, WATER, OR

OTHER NATURAL AGENTS

GRADUALLY WHERE

AWAY SOIL, ROCK, OR

LAND.

1-the Holderness coast is one

Europe's fastest eroding coastlines.

2-eroding the proses of something

being damaged.

- OCEAN CORALS

(P.125)(N.)

: SEDENTARY ANIMALS

THAT OFTEN FROM

MASSIVE COLONIES IN

SHALLOW SEA WATER.

1-the habitat of deep-water corals,

also known as cold-water corals.

2-ocean croals.

-EXTINCT(P.125) (ADJ)

:USE ABOUT A TYPE OF

ANIMALS, PALNTS, ETC.

NO LONGER EXISTING.

1- Tigers are nearly extinct in the

wild.

2- expected to see species

extinctions until 2020.

-SPECIES(P.125) (N.)

: A GROUP OF PLANTS OR

ANIMALS THAT ARE VERY

SIMILAR TO EACH OTHER.

1- in the jungle there are different

kind of species.

2- which species would suffer first.

-TERRESTRIAL(P.126)

(ADJ.)

:PERTAINING TO,

CONSISTING OF, OR

REPRESENTING THE EARTH

AS DISTINCT FROM OTHER

PLANETS

1- body size distributions have

been linked to physical habitat

structure in terrestrial ecosystem.

2- climate change on terrestrial.

- DIVERSITY(P.126) (N.)

:THE STATE OF HAVING

PEOPLE WHO ARE

DIFFERENT RACES OR

WHO HAVE DIFFERENT

CULTURAL IN A GROUP

ORGANIZATION.

1- the brief argued against the

idea that racial diversity on a

campus is linked to positive

educational outcomes.

2- Sweden and Finland are

actually gaining species diversity.

- FUNGUS(P.126) (N.)

: FUNGUS INFECTION

COMES ON SKIN.

1- in Britain we usually only eat the

mushroom the roses are covered in

fungus.

2- frog species had been killed off

by disease – causing fungus.

-WOE (P.127) (N.)

:A FEELING OF EXTREME

DEPRESSION AND/OR

AGITATION.

1- they had a complicated tale of

woe.

2- such animal woes may hint a

hard times ahead for humans.

- ROTARY PHONE

(P.129)(N.)

:A DISK FINGER HOLES

THAT IS AFFIXED TO A

TELEPHONE AND

ROTATED TO MATCH UP

THE FINGER HOLES WITH

THE LITTERS AND DIGITS

OF A TELEPHONE NUMBER

1- people used to have rotary

phone in each house.

2- cell phones are improvement

over rotary phone.

-PREMIUM(P.129) (N.)

:AN AMOUNT OF MONEY

THAT YOU PAY

REGULARLY TO

COMPANY FOR

INSURANCE

1- monthly premiums of 25$

2- premium dryer for the sake of

cleaner environment.

- APPEALING(P.130)

(ADJ.)

: ATTRACTIVE OR

INTERESTING

1- the idea of Greek holyday

sounds very appealing.

2- computer is oddly appealing.

-CATAPULT(P.130) (N.)

: Y-SHAPED STICK WITH A

PIECES OF ELASTIC

ATTACHED TO EACH SIDE

THAT IS USED BY

CHILDREN FOR

SHOOTING STONES.

1- to shoot something from a

catapult.

2- catapults me into the laundry

under ground.

-TUMBLE(P.131) (V.)

: TO FALL SUDDENLY IN A

HEAVY WAY, WITHOUT

CONTROL

1- he tripped and tumbled all the

way down the steps

2- it’s a huge waste of energy to

tumble dry you clothes

-FRUGAL (P.131) (ADJ.)

:ECONOMICAL IN USE OR

EXPENDITURE; PRUDENTLY

SAVING OR SPARING;

NOT WASTEFUL.

1- she had very regular working

habits and frugal lifestyle.

2- It includes the frugal.

- BIANNUAL(P.141) (ADJ.)

: HAPPENING EVERY TOW

YEARS

1- A subscription to this handsome

biannual magazine is just 15$.

2- Brazil has lost approximately

10.000 square miles of rainforests

biannually.

-AQUATIC (P.141) (ADJ.)

: OF, IN, OR PERTAINING

TO WATER.

1- I am not surprised about the 10

million cost of the aquatic facility

at the memorial baths site.

2- aquatic ecosystem share three

general futures.

-REUSABLE (P.143) (ADJ.)

:CAPABLE OF BEING USED

AGAIN OR REPEATEDLY.

1-water bottle is reusable products

that you can refill it over and over

2- do your part to reduce waste by

choosing reusable products

instead of disposables

-DISPOSABLE(P.143)

(ADJ.)

:THE ABILITY OF

SOMETHING TO BE

DISPOSED OF OR

THROWN AWAY AFTER

USE.

1-disposables products is one of

the global warming problems

2- do your part to reduce waste by

choosing reusable products

instead of disposables

-EMISSION(P.143) (N.)

:CONTROLS ON SULPHUR

DIOXIDE EMISSIONS FROM

POWER STATION

1- during these experiment

technicians measure both emission

levels and fuel economy.

2- less driving means fewer

emission.

-INSULATION(P.143) (N.)

: THE MATERIAL USED

FOR ISOLATING STUFF.

1- test how well different fabrics

insulate from the cold.

2- adding insulation to your walls.

- ENERGY

EFFICIENT(P.143)

PRODUCTS(ADJ.)

: IS AN INTERNATONAL

STANDARD FOR ENERGY

EFFICIENT CONSUMER

PRODUCTS ORIGINATED

IN THE UNITED STATES

1-Energy efficient products reduce

electricity bill.

2-buy energy efficient products.

- ATTIC(P.143) (N.)

: THE SPACE OR ROOM

UNDER THE ROOF OF

HOUSE.

1- a new attic remake version has

also been created and should be

released.

2- adding insulation to your walls

and attic.