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Environment Wordlist
Word
Definition
accountability
Contextual sentence
acid rain
acidic
acidify
affect
afforestation
alkaline
asthma
atmosphere
biodegradable
biodiversity
biomass
biome
Translation
acidic soil
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Publishing plc 2004 and the Macmillan English Dictionary second edition A& C Black Publishers 2007.
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biosphere
breathe
bronchitis
burn
cancer
canopy
carbon dioxide
carbon emissions
catalytic converter
causal
cause
cfc
chemical dumping
climate change
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coal
concentrated
consequence
conservation
conservationist
contaminated
contaminated
food/water/blood
controversy
critic
cyanide
damage
dangerous
a dangerous dog
deadly
debate
decommission
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deforestation
degradation
desertification
destroy
devastate
dioxin
discharge
disposal
droplet
ecological
ecology
ecosystem
ecotourism
environmental degradation
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effect
effluent
emission
emit
endangered species
energy
enforced
environment
Industrial development is
causing widespread damage to
the environment.
environmental
environmentalist
environmentally
friendly
exhaust
exhaust fumes/gases/emissions
famine
flooding
forested
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forestry
fossil fuel
fuel
fumes
gas
generate
greenhouse effect,
the
greenhouse gas
habitat
hazardous
hydroelectric
illness
impact
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incinerate
interfere
intervene
landfill site
leach
lead
lead pipes
leaded
leaded petrol
leakage
malnourished
methane
natural disaster
nitrate
nitrogen
malnourished children
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noise pollution
non-biodegradable
non-renewable
nuclear radiation
objector
oil slick
organic
organism
overgrazing
overheat
oxide
ozone hole
ozone layer
penetrate
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permanent
She suffered
permanent brain damage as a
result of the accident.
pesticide
phosphate
planet, the
poison
pollutant
pollution
preservation
Preservation of the
environment is vital.
preserve
protect
protected
radioactive
rainfall
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rainforest
ray
reclaim
recycle
reduce
reduction
reforestation
regulation
release
renewable
reserve
resistant
runoff
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safety
Do we know enough
about the safety of these
vaccines?
sanctuary
a wildlife sanctuary
severe
sewage
shade
sludge
solar energy
solution
sulphur dioxide
sulphuric acid
sustainable
development
tolerate
transpiration
trap
unhealthy
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uranium
urbanization
waste
wind
wither
zinc
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