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Recycling
Vocabulary Lesson Week 4
| Term | Definition | Part of Speech | Synonyms |
|---|---|---|---|
| to send (used newspapers, bottles, cans, etc.) to a place where they are made into something new | recycle | Verb: action of recycling Noun: the process known as recycle | reuse, reprocess |
| the action or process of making land, water, air, etc., dirty and not safe or suitable to use | pollution | Noun | contamination, impurity |
| things that are no longer useful or wanted and that have been thrown out | rubbish | Noun | nonsense, garbage, balderdash |
| used to say that something was almost not possible or almost did not happen | hardly | Adverb | scarcely, barely |
| an area of slight darkness that is produced when something blocks the light of the sun | shade | Verb: the act of shading Noun: a place of shade | shelter, cover |
| involving the entire world | global | Adjective | international, universal, |
| hard to understand, explain, or deal with | complicated | Adjective | complex, tangled |
| extremely wet | dripping | Adjective | leak, dribble |
| a light box or container usually made of cardboard or plastic | carton | Noun | box, package |
| a task or problem in school that requires careful work over a long period of time | project | Noun | assignment, plan |