Vocabulary

• by hand: Done manually; not by machine.
• per year: For each year; annually.
• breaks down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• check out
• equivalent: Equal to something in value, use or meaning
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• consumption: The act of buying and using products
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• distress: State of great sadness, anxiety or pain
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• wardrobe: Stock of clothes belonging to a person
• rampant: Growing rapidly and uncontrollably
• synthetic: Not natural; made from artificial materials
• require: To demand that someone does something
• fatal: Causing death; having very bad consequences
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• withstand: To remain unaffected by something or someone
• organic: Developing naturally and without a set structure
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• durable: Able to stay in good condition for a long time
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• sturdy: Substantially made or built; strong
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• industrial: Concerning making things in factories
• textile: Referring to something made of cloth
• intensive: Needing great effort for a short period of time
• chemical: Basic substance produced by mixing elements
• altogether: All things considered
• ironic: Funny because it is the opposite of the truth
• century: Period of 100 years
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• methane: Colorless gas without smell often used as fuel
• welfare: Program to help poor/unemployed people with money
• harvest: Gathering crops from the fields; the crops
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• contaminate: To make impure by adding a harmful element
• undergo: To experience or endure something (bad)
• weave: To make a cloth or baskets by crossing threads
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• petroleum: Oil found in the ground used to make fuel
• mining: To place a bomb in the ground or the sea
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• degradation: Reduction in quality or character
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• yarn: To tell or spin a yarn or story
• trademark: Legal symbol proving ownership of product, etc.
• leach: To remove by passing a liquid through a substance
• elasticity: Ability to stretch and return to original shape
• durability: Product made to withstand repeated use
• unsustainable: That cannot be kept up or continued
• runoff: A second election to find a winner
• denim: Thick strong cotton cloth often used in jeans
• shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter