Vocabulary

• from the top: From the beginning.
• result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• in half: Divided into two equal parts.
• drink in: To absorb or take in something with great enjoyment.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• slightly: Only a little
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• spot: A certain place or area
• exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
• strength: Condition of being strong
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• neutral: Something with pH value of 7
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• tolerate: To be able to adjust to changes of various kinds
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• due: When something is required or expected
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• caffeine: Substance in coffee, etc. that keeps you awake
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• slight: Small (amount, quality)
• pinch: A very small amount of something
• regularly: At the usual time each day, week, or month
• tropical: Hot and humid; near to the equator
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• tray: A wide flat thing to carry food on
• duration: Length of time that something lasts
• humidity: Amount of moisture in the air in a particular area
• fertilizer: Substance added to soil to help plants grow
• fill: To make something full
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• burn: To destroy with fire
• photosynthesis: Process of plants using the sun to make their food
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• elevate: To make something higher
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• prune: A dried plum
• vine: Long thin plant that climbs over something
• foliage: Leaves of a plant
• favorable: When a good result or positive outcome is likely
• pebble: Small, smooth stone, as found on a beach
• soluble: Able to dissolve or be dissolved in a liquid
• optimum: Best or most desirable, effective
• ivy: Climbing plant growing up walls of buildings
• stud: A man who (looks like he) has many lovers
• teaspoon: Small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee
• alkaline: Containing or behaving like an alkali
• ph: Acidity or alkalinity value of a solution