Lecture Notes Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards from lecture notes.

Deem

To believe or think of something in a certain way.

Precipitation

A general term for natural phenomenon such as raining or snowing.

Unequivocally

Expressed in a clear, certain manner.

Sustain

To keep something alive or at the same level for a period of time.

Deplete

To exhaust, to use something up (usually resources).

Drastic

Something with a noticeable effect, usually quite strong.

Whilst

A more formal variant of 'while'.

Swath

A long, narrow area of something, e.g. certain landscape or terrain.

Exacerbate

To make something bad worse, to aggravate.