Unit 1. Food Crops

Word

Definition

Example

abandon

to leave, to give up

Eventually they decided to abandon the search for the village and just hike back to Apolo.

adversely

affecting in a harmful, negative way

The absence of such policy adversely affects the deployment of political missions and their mandate implementation

aggregate

to collect together into a whole

Aggregate is a collective amount, sum or mass arrived-at by adding or putting together all components, elements or parts of an assemblage or group without implying that the resulting total is whole.

cultivation

the process of preparing the land for growing crops

Poland wants EU to support cultivation of protein crops

fertilize

to supply nourishment to plants

Bees fertilize the flowers by bringing pollen.

intensify

to increase in power or strength

Music can intensify the emotion that we're feeling.

irrigation

a means of supplying water for agriculture

Their irrigation system channels water to the corn fields

obtain

to gain possession of, to get

70%-90% of this information is obtained simply by talking to people.

photosynthesis

the process by which plants combine light energy into chemical energy

All plants depend on sunlight for photosynthesis.

precipitation

water that falls to the Earth's surface

Hail and sleet are types of precipitation.