| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Advocate | (n) a person who argues for a cause or strongly supports an idea |
| Analogy | (n) a similar example or model to help explain |
| Assimilate | (v) become similar to one's environment |
| Benign | (adj) pleasant and helpful in nature or influence; not dangerous to health |
| Circumstance | (n) context: the set of facts that surround a situation or event |
| Cite | (v) quote: repeat a passage from, or mention: make reference to |
| Climate | (n) the average weather conditions of a place over an extended period |
| Compromise | (v) finding a middle way between two extremes |
| Consult | (v) get or ask information from |
| Consumer | (n) a person who uses goods or services |
| Content | (adj) satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are |
| Curb | (v) control; hold or keep within limits; reduce in amount |
| Depletion | (n) the act of decreasing something by a large amount |
| Emit | (v) to send out or give off |
| Exhaust | (v) to use up the whole supply of |
| Extract | (v) remove, usually with some force or effort; |
| Generate | (v) to give or supply |
| Grassroots | (adj) of, or relating to people or society at the local level |
| Harbor | (v) hold back a thought or feeling about |
| Harvest | (v) to collect or gather, often as of natural products |
| Impose | (v) enforce: make to behave in a certain way |
| Incentive | (n) something that motivates or encourages; A reward, often monetary |
| Inevitable | (adj) impossible to avoid or from happening |
| Innovate | (v) introduce: bring something new to an environment |
| Legitimately | (adv) in a lawfully recognized manner |
| Mandatory | (adj) compulsory: required by rule |
| Misconception | (n) a mistaken belief, a wrong idea |
| Myth | (n) based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis |
| Overwhelm | (v) cover completely or make unavailable; overpower |
| Plausible | (adj) apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful; believable |
| Plummet | (v) to decline suddenly and steeply |
| Recycle | (v) to process used materials for use in creating new products |
| Remote | (adj) distant: located far away in space or time |
| Renewable | (adj) capable of being extended; replaceable |
| Resource | (n) something that one uses to achieve an objective |
| Ridicule | (v) to make fun of or treat with contempt |
| Utilities | (n) a company that performs a public service; subject to government laws |
| Virtue | (n) the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong |
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