BtheB 2.1. Unit 3 Vocabulary

The landscape of the Sahara Desert is completely _____, there is nothing but sand as far as the eye can see.

• feature (noun/verb)

• featureless (adjective)

We have an _______ of vocabulary to learn in the next eight weeks!  We need to study hard!

• abundance (noun)

• abundant (adjective)

She tried to explain to people that the president was an honest man, but her argument wasn’t very ________ and no one believed her.

• convincing (adjective)

• convinced (adjective)

• convince (verb)

The Amazon rainforest contains many _______ natural resources like trees, plants, and soils, all of which could possibly be made into medicines.

• exploitation (noun)

• exploit (verb)

• exploitable (adjective)

He got into fights for no _______ — he just liked to hit people.

• unreasonable

• reasonable

• reason

• reasonably

The United States is a very ________ country—people of every race, religion and ethnicity live there.

• diverse

• diversity

Military service is an _______ that every Turkish male must fulfill in his lifetime.

• obligation (noun)

• obliged (adjective)

• oblige (verb)

Black holes cannot be identified easily. This means they are difficult to ______.

• detect

• defect

• decay

• delay

The surface of Mars has _______ like impact craters, volcanoes, canyons and channels.

• features

• processes

• benefits

• species

If the money was _______ for your country to have a space program, would you support the idea?

• unavailable

• available