Unit 7 Expanse Flashcards
Administrative (adj)
Related to the management of an institution or organization
Basic amenities (phrase)
things considered necessary to be able to live comfortably
Sustain (v)
provide the conditions that allow something to continue to exist
Driver (n)
a factor which causes something to happen or develop
Emission (n)
the production and discharge of something, especially gas or radiation.
Derive benefits
If you derive something such as pleasure or benefit from a person or from something, you get it from them.
Density (n)
Solidity, thickness
Housing (n)
Relate to houses
Alojamiento, viviendas, refugio, etc.
Neglected (adj)
Suffering a lack of proper care. Not receiving proper attention; disregarded.
Productivity (n)
The effectiveness of productive effort
Innovation (n)
The action or process of innovating.
Congestion (n)
too full or crowded with something (such as vehicles or people)
Biodiversity (n)
the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
Degradation (n)
the act or process of damaging or ruining something.
Exponential (adj)
(of an increase) becoming more and more rapid.
Irreparable (adj)
(of an injury or loss) impossible to rectify or repair.
Irrigate (v)
apply a continuous flow of water or liquid medication to (an organ or wound).
Regar
Materialism (n)
a tendency to consider material possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values.
Scarce (adj)
(especially of food, money, or some other resource) insufficient for the demand.
Escaso, raro, apenas
Yield (n)
Noun
produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product).
Rendimiento, producción
Verb: produce, give
Undue (adj)
unwarranted or inappropriate because excessive or disproportionate.
Excessive, inappropriate
Unjust (adj)
not based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair.
Prime (adj)
of first importance; main.
Profound (adj)
(of a state, quality, or emotion) very great or intense.