Booost your vocabulary cam11

Urban

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

Conservative

be likely to be less than the real amount.

Current

present, existing, recent, a movement of water in a particular direction

Demographic

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

raise crops

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

Practice

habit, tradition, or custom

Ensure

make sure, confirm, make certain.

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.

Scale up

increase, expand, develop.

Accommodate

to give someone what is needed.

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, significantly.

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..)

Sustainable

environmentally friendly, eco- friendly, green.

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 farming.

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.

Semi-arid

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

Evolve

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

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

the 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

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

Incidence

occurrence, frequency, rate.

Infectious

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

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

ambition, goal, aim, target

Likelihood

probability, possibility

Variation

difference (vari= vary, i.e: variety) Stacked trays = Having sections that are arranged vertically.

Overhead

above, upstairs >< below

Address

tackle, deal with

Detrimental

harmful, damaging, negative Skyscraper= a very tall modern city building

Rotating

turning in a circle, especially around a fixed point

Central

vital, essential, chief, most important, crucial, significant Restore= Repair, rebuild

Navigability

the degree to which an area of water is deep, wide, or safe enough for a boat to go through

Sequence

chain, series (sequ=follow .i.e consequence, subsequent) Enclosed=surrounded by walls, objects, or structures

Dismantle

take to pieces, take apart

Launch

start

Authority

government department

Landmark

a building or place that is easily recognized

Fitting

suitable or right for a particular occasion.

Commemoration

something that makes you remember and respect someone important or an important event in the past.(memor=remember .i.e memorable, memory)

Submit

offer, propose, suggest(mit=send .i.e emit, transmit) Giant= extremely large

Seesaw

a piece of equipment that children play on, made of a board that is balanced in the middle, so that when one end goes up the other goes down

Monorail

a railway system that uses a single rail, usually high above the ground (mono-= one, single, ig: monopoly, monolingual)

Notably

especially, most important

Axe

a tool that has a heavy iron or steel blade at the end of a long wooden handle, used for cutting wood

Propeller

a piece of equipment consisting of two or more blades that spin around, which makes an aircraft or ship move

Ribcage

the structure of ribs that protects your heart and lungs in your chest

Spine

the line of bones down the centre of the back that provides support for the body

Assemble

bring together, put together, gather

Painstakingly

carefully

Lorry

a large vehicle for carrying heavy goods

Bolt

fasten something with a metal pin or bar

Crane

hoist (a large tall machine used by builders for lifting heavy things)

Withstand

resist, stand up to= to be strong enough to remain unharmed by something such as great heat, cold, pressure, etc.

Immense

extremely large, enormous

Robust

strong, tough

Weld

to join pieces of metal together by heating

Tightened

make something less easy to move

Consist of sth

to be formed from the people or things mentioned

Attach

to fasten or connect one object to another

Diametrically

completely

Gondola

a long narrow boat with a flat bottom and high points at each end, used on the canals in Venice in Italy

Capacity

the number of things or people that a container or space can hold

Float

to stay on the surface of a liquid and not sink

Displace

put out of place, move

Enormous

extremely large or great

Domestic

relating to the home or family

Kettles

a container with a lid, handle and a spout, used for boiling water