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Umyong TOEFL

TermDefinition
Edifice a large, imposing building.
Administrative relating to the running of a business, organization, etc.
Tremendous very great in amount, scale, or intensity.
Factor circumstance, fact, or influence that contributes to a result.
Irrigation the watering of land by artificial means to foster plant growth
Ingenuity the quality of being clever, original, and inventive.
Foresight the ability to predict what will happen or be needed in the future.
Hindsight understanding of a situation or event only after it has happened or developed.
Millennium an anniversary of a thousand years.
Prior existing or coming before in time, order, or importance.
To Coexist exist at the same time or in the same place.
To Emerge move out of or away from something and become visible.
Predominant present as the strongest or main element.
Archaeology the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artefacts and other physical remains.
Adequacy the state or quality of being adequate.
Hypothesis a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
To Flourish (of a living organism) grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly congenial environment.
To Fluctuate rise and fall irregularly in number or amount.
Preferentially in a way that involves preference or partiality; more favourably.
To Incorporate take in or contain (something) as part of a whole; include.
To Consolidate make (something) physically stronger or more solid.
Boundary a line which marks the limits of an area; a dividing line.
To Deposit put or set down (something or someone) in a specific place.
Paleontologist a person who studies or is an expert in the branch of science concerned with fossil animals and plants.
Alteration the action or process of altering or being altered.
Tectonics large-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust.
Buffer a person or thing that reduces a shock or that forms a barrier between incompatible or antagonistic people or things.
Torrid very hot and dry.
Mercy compassion or forgiveness shown towards someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm.
To Cripple cause severe and disabling damage to; deprive of the ability to function normally.
Conventional based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed.
Insufficient not enough; inadequate.
Photosynthesis Photosynthesis is the process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar.
To Collide hit by accident when moving.
To Eradicate destroy completely; put an end to.
Vessel a ship or large boat.
Fauna the animals of a particular region, habitat, or geological period.
To Resolve Find a solution or answer
Abruptly Suddenly or unexpectedly
Extinction Complete disappearance of a species
To Migrate Move from one region to another
Beneath Under or below something
To Detect Discover or identify
To Penetrate Enter or pass through something
Crystalline Made of or resembling crystals
To Possess Have or own something
Sediment Material that settles at the bottom of a liquid
Granule A small grain or particle
Fossil Remains of ancient plants or animals
Basin A low area of land or seafloor
Interbedded Lying between layers of different material
Hypothesis Proposed explanation based on evidence
To Theorize Form an idea or explanation
Landlocked Enclosed completely by land
To Evaporate Change from liquid to vapor
Salinity Amount of salt in water
Extermination Complete killing off
To Precipitate Form a solid from a solution
Soluble Able to be dissolved
Plastically In a moldable way
Strait Narrow passage of water between seas
To Cascade Fall or flow in large amounts
Turbulent Violently disturbed or chaotic
To Accumulate Gather or build up gradually
Abundant Existing in large quantities
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