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トフル あかい 14
| Term | Definition | example |
|---|---|---|
| adapt | To adjust to the circumstances; to make suitable | Dinosaurs could not adapt to the warmer temperatures. |
| diverse | Various; showing a lot of differences within a group | India is one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world. |
| evolve | To develop; to come forth | India is one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world. |
| feature | a prominent or conspicuous part or characteristic | The best feature of this car is its heated seats. |
| generation | A group of people born at about the same time | As older managers retired, a new generation of leaders took control of the company. |
| inherent | Naturally characteristic; always found within something, because it's a basic part of that thing | No job can be interesting all the time. Boredom is inherent in any kind of work. |
| migration | Movement from one place to another by a group of people or animals | The migration of farm workers from one state to the next depends primarily on the harvest. |
| physical | Related to the body; related to materials that can be seen or felt | Because of the shape of its throat, an ape does not have the physical ability to speak. |
| process | A series of steps leading to a result | To get a good job, most people go through a long process of letter writing and interviews. |
| survive | To continue living (despite some danger or illness) | After getting lost in the mountains, Gordon survived by eating wild plants and catching fish. |
| constraint | Something that restricts thought or action | The constraints of military life kept Eileen from seeing Private Morris more than once a month. |
| contamination | Being made less clean by a germ or hazardous substance | The contamination in the river came from the factory located just upstream. |
| deplete | To greatly decrease the supply of a resource or material | The prolonged war depleted the country’s national treasury. |
| dispose of | To throw away; to get rid of; to kill | She disposed of her unwanted possessions before moving. |
| elementally | In terms of elements; basically | Elementally, coal and diamonds are the same. |
| emission | Sending out from a small space into the general environment; a substance discharged into the air | The Environmental Protection Agency regulates the emission of pollutants into the air. |
| extinction | Complete disappearance; the end of existence | Human beings have caused the extinction of many other species. |
| reservoir | A place where a liquid is collected and stored | Cult members threatened to poison the town’s water reservoir. |
| shrink | To become reduced in size, amount, or value | If you dry your clothing on the “high heat” setting, they may shrink. |
| stable | Firm and dependable; showing little change | He fell because the ladder wasn’t stable. |
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