Vocabulary words

WORD Meaning Sentence

Altitude The height of an object or Flight data including airs

point in relation to sea and altitude
level or ground level.
Berm A flat strip of land, raised Berms of shoveled earth
bank, or terrace
bordering a river or canal.
Cultivate Prepare and use (land) for The peasants who cultivated
crops or gardening. land became its owners
Caldera A large volcanic crater, This lake lies in a great pit o
especially one formed by caldera
a major eruption leading
to the collapse of the
mouth of the volcano.
Deciduous (Of a tree or shrub) Sun-loving deciduous tre
shedding its leaves like aspen
annually.
Eradicate Destroy completely; put This disease has been eradi
an end to. from the world
Espalier A fruit tree or ornamental Fruit trees were espaliere
shrub whose branches some thirty feet apart
are trained to grow flat
against a wall, supported
on a lattice. A lattice for
an espaliered tree or
shrub.

Geyser A hot spring in which a fissure opened and yel

water intermittently boils, smoke geysered upward
sending a tall column of
water and steam into the
air.
Undernourished Having insufficient food Many of the children are
or other substances for undernourished and sufferi
good health and from serious diseases.
condition
Biome A large naturally A biome is a specific
occurring community of environment that's home to
flora and fauna living things
occupying a major
habitat, e.g. forest or
tundra.
Desertification The process by which Nearly one fifth of the wo
fertile land becomes land is threatened with
desert, typically as a desertification
result of drought,
deforestation, or
inappropriate agriculture.
Biofuel A fuel derived Biofuels are fuels derived f
immediately from living biomass
matter.

Extraction The action of extracting They saw the mineral

something, especially extraction
using effort or force.