Word Formation 2 (EGE)

he English language is famous for the richness of its vocabulary. Webster’s New International Dictionary lists 450,000 words, and the new Oxford English Dictionary has 615,000, but that is only part of the total. Technical and ___SCIENCE___ terms would add millions more.

The wealth of existing synonyms means that ___SPEAK___ of English have two words for something denoted by one word in a different language.

In Russia, there are no native words for efficiency, challenge and engagement ring. Of course, every language has areas in which it needs, for ___PRACTICE___ purposes, to be more expressive than others.

The Eskimos have fifty words for types of snow, though there is no word for just plain snow. ___NATURAL___, African languages have no native word for snow.

Nowadays, globalization influences the ___DEVELOP___ of languages.

Some native words ___APPEAR___, giving way to international terms.