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Intensive Reading:
Floods Hit South Asia Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Intensive Reading: Floods Hit South Asia Vocabulary | |
1. Hydroelectric: | The creation and distribution of electricity created from the energy of falling water or any other water source |
2. District: | A division of territory, as of a country, state, or county |
3. Susceptible: | Capable of being affected, could be physical or emotional |
4. Utensil: | Any of the instruments or vessels commonly used in a kitchen |
5. Possession: | Anything that is owned |
6. Dramatic: | Highly effective; striking; startling; sensational |
7. Receded: | To go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw |
8. Generate: | To produce or bring into being; create |
9. Resource: | A source of supply, support, or aid, especially one that can be readily drawn upon when needed |
10. Impoverished: | To make poor |
11. Monsoon: | The rainy season when the SW monsoon blows, from about April to October |
12. Submerge: | To cover or overflow with water; immerse |
13. Relief: | Money, food, or other help to those in poverty or need |
14. Breed: | To produce (offspring) or procreate |
15. Official: | A person appointed or elected to an office or charged with certain duties |
16. Aquifer: | Any geological formation containing or conducting ground water, especially |
17. Devastate: | To lay waste or make desolate; destroy |
18. Precipitation: | Rain, snow, sleet, dew, etc., formed by condensation of water vapor in the atmosphere |