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Vocabulary Terms and Definitions

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  • Urban: city, inner-city, metropolitan

  • Rural: country areas, not urban

  • Demographic: relating to the population

  • Hothouse: glass building for growing plants

  • Vertical Farming: farming in tall structures with many levels

  • Accommodate: make sure, confirm, or fulfill needs

  • Cutting-edge: modern, newest, most advanced

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  • Drastically: radically, significantly

  • Proponent: supporter or advocate

  • Urban Renewal: the improvement or replacement of city buildings

  • Sustainable: capable of being maintained over the long term

  • Horizontal Farming: traditional farming at a single level

  • Drought: long period of dry weather with insufficient water

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  • Monsoon: heavy rain

  • Pest: harmful insect or small animal that damages crops

  • Herbicide: substance used to kill unwanted plants

  • Pesticide: used to kill insects or small animals that threaten crops

  • Fertilizer: substance that promotes plant growth

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  • Drawback: disadvantage or downside

  • Prohibitively: at a very high price

  • Aspiration: ambition or goal

  • Skyscraper: very tall modern building

  • Central: essential or most important

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  • Landmark: a recognizable building or place

  • Commemoration: event honoring a memory

  • Monorail: railway system using a single rail

  • Seesaw: playground equipment balanced in the middle

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  • Gondola: long narrow flat-bottomed boat

  • Hydraulic: operated by the pressure of water

  • Domestic: relating to the home

  • Enormous: extremely large

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  • Displace: move or put out of place

  • Dependence: reliance on

  • Fossil Fuel: energy produced from decayed plants/animals

  • Inevitable: unavoidable or certain

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  • Volume: capacity or size of something

  • Emission: release or discharge of substances

  • Stratosphere: high atmospheric layer

  • Evergreen: tree/bush that doesn't lose leaves in winter

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  • Radiation: powerful rays from nuclear reactions

  • Shed: to lose or get rid of something

  • Permanent: everlasting or enduring

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  • Injection: adding or introducing something

  • Impact: influence or effect on something

  • Conservation: preservation and protection

  • Human-induced: caused by human activities