Vocabulary lesson 5
Definitions and samples
- intensify (v.) to increase in power; to act with increased strength
– That tension is expected to intensify as the nation’s financial crisis deepens.
- irrigation (n.) the supplying of water to dry land
– Farmers pay money to add ammonia to irrigation water because it is a fertilizer.
- obtain (v.) to gain possession of; to get
– The package included a requirement for individuals to obtain insurance coverage.
- photosynthesis (n.) the process by which green plants make their own food by combining water, salts, and carbon dioxide in the presence of light.
– No leaves, no photosynthesis means no food or energy for the plant, and it dies.
- precipitation (n.) water that falls to the Earth’s surface
– Heavy precipitation caused flooding on several islands in the path of the storm.