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ravage | cause severe and extensive damage to |
clamour | a loud and confused noise, especially that of people shouting |
tributaries | rivers or streams flowing into a larger river or lake |
resurgent | increasing or reviving after a period of little activity, popularity, or occurrence |
indigenous | people inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists |
enmeshed | cause to become entangled in something |
slaughter | to kill animals for food |
logger | a person who fells trees for timber or a lumberjack |
dredge up | the action of removing dirt, part, or silt from under water |
concessions | a thing that is granted, especially in response to demands |
harness | control and make use of natural resources especially to produce energy |
exhaust | use up resources or reserves completely |
contaminate | make something impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance |
degrade | to make something worse or to breakdown |
deteriorate | to become progressively worse |
deplete | use up the supply or resources of |
devastate | to destroy or ruin |
implement | to put something into effect |
irrigate | to supply water to something usually plants |
legislate | to make or enact laws |
pollinate | to deposit pollen in order to allow fertilization |
rehabilitate | restore someone to health or normal life by training and therapy |
bark | the sharp explosive cry of a dog or some animals |
croak | the sound a frog makes or to actually die |
howl | the sound a wolf makes or a shriek or crying sound |
mass | the property of a body that is a measure of its inertia and that is commonly taken as a measure of the amount of material it contains and causes it to have weight and depends on its volume and density |
gravity | the force that attracts a body towards the centre of the earth, or towards any other physical body having mass |
weigh | to know how heavy or light something is |
square | multiply a number by itself |
surface area | the surface area of a solid object is a measure of the total area that the surface of the object occupies |
cross-sectional area | the cross-sectional area is the area of a two-dimensional shape that is obtained when a three-dimensional object such as a cylinder is sliced perpendicular to some specified axis at a point |
capacity | maximum amount that something can contain |
supply | make something available |
cumulative | increasing as in force strength or amount or additional |
rate | a measure in quantity |
demand | a need for something or to ask forcefully |
constant | occurring continuously over a period of time or does not change |
fluctuates | to rise and fall in an irregular manner |
abound | exist in large numbers or amounts |
ensue | happen or occur afterwards or as a result |
speculation | the forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence |
stack | a pile of objects, typically one that is neatly arranged |
deem | regard or consider in a specified way |
tangible | a thing that is perceptible by touch |
relegate | assign an inferior rank or position to |
deploy | bring into effective action |
odds | the chances or likelihood of something happening or being the case |
kudos | praise and honour received for an achievement |