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Conservative

be likely to be less than real amount.

Current

present, existing, recent.

raise crops

grow plants such as wheat, rice, or fruits...

Ensure

make sure, confirm, make certain.

Practice

habit, tradition, or custom

Hothouse

a heated glass building in which plants are grown.

Vogue

fashion, trend, raze/fad.

Urgent

very important and needing to be dealt with immediately.

Urban

= city, inner-city, metropolitan, town # rural, suburban (urb=city. i.e. suburb, urbanity)

Demographic

relating to the population and groups of people in it (dem=people, i.e: democracy)

Accommodate

to give someone what is needed.

Scale up

increase, expand, develop.

Employ

use, utilize, exploit, apply.

Cutting-edge

modern, newest, most advanced.

Proposal

suggestion, application, plan.

Vertical farming

an idea for a way of farming in which plants are grown or animals are kept in tall structures with many levels

Multi-storey

many floors.

Drastically

radically, extremely, significiently

Implement

fulfill, put into practice, take action.

Proponent

advocate, supporter >< opponent.

Urban renewal

the improvement and sometimes replacement of buildings in a city, (re-= do again, i.e: rebuild, resuable..)

year-round

happening or continuing through the whole year.

Sacrifice

decide not to have something in order to get something that is more important

Horizontal farming

traditional farming, crops are planted at only one level >< vertical farmig.

Take sb/st for granted

do not realize or show that sb/st is greatful.

Despoil

damage, spoil, ruin (de-= reduce, i.e decline)

Verdant

lush, green, grassy.

Evolve

develop gradually, change, grow (vol- = turn i.e: revolt, evolution)

Semi-arid

having little rain but not completely dry (Semi-= half, i.e: semi-natural)

Shelter

cover, protection from danger.

Subject smt to smt

cause smt to experience smt, especially smt unpleasant

Food-bearing plants

plants provide food such as tomato, vegetable.

The rigours of something

unpleasant or severe conditions of smth.

Drought

a long period of dry weather when there is not enough water

Hurricane

cyclone, typhoon, tornado, storm

Monsoon

heavy rain, rains.

Take their toll= to have a very bad effect on smt or smb over a long period of time

to have a very bad effect on smt or smb over a long period of time

Optimum

most favorable, best, greatest (optim= best, i.e: optimal)

Failure

not successful.

Pest

an insect or small animal that is harmful or damages crops

Eliminate

remove, eradicate, put an end to, get rid of.

Herbicide

a substance used to kill unwanted plants (herb=grass, i.e herbal, herbivore # cid=kill .i.e pesticide)

Pesticide

a chemical substance used to kill insects and small animals that destroy crops(cid=kill)

Fertilizer

a substance that is put on the soil to make plants grow

Infectious

able to pass a disease from one person, animal, or plant to another

Incidence= occurrence, frequency, rate.

Interface

edge, border, line (inter = among, between, i.e: intersection)

Compost

to collect and store plant material so it can decay and be added to soil to improve its quality.

Edible

suitable to be eaten, not poisonous (ed= eat)

Tractor

a strong vehicle with large wheels, used for pulling farm machinery (tract=pull, draw. i.e: traction)

Plough

a piece of farm equipment used to turn over the earth so that seeds can be planted

Drawback

disadvantage, downside, negative.

Artificial

synthetic, non-natural, man made

Expose

show, reveal, display (ex= out, i.e: exterior, exclude)

Prohibitively

at a very high price that does not seem reasonable.

Aspiration=

mbition, goal, aim, target

Variation

difference (vari= vary, i.e: variety)

Overhead

above, upstairs >< below

Address

tackle, deal with

Detrimental

very important and needing to be dealt with immediately.

Skyscraper

a very tall modern city building

Sustainable

environmentally friendly, eco friendly, green.

Stacked trays

Having sections that are arranged vertically.

Likelihood

robability, possibility

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