Unit 2 Vocabulary

accumulate

• to make unclean or unusable by adding a polluting substance

• to get rid of

• to slowly gather or build up

• poisonous; very unpleasant or harmful

livelihood

• the way a person earns a living or earns money for basic needs

• something released or leaked into the world, especially a gas

• deadly

• to get rid of by throwing away

contaminate

• poisonous

• to make unclean or unusable by adding a polluting substance

• a particular type of business or manufacturing

• to slowly gather or build up

toxic

• deadly

• to make unusable by adding a polluting substance

• type of business or manufacturing

• poisonous; very unpleasant or harmful

dispose

• to get rid of

• to slowly gather or build up

• deadly

• poisonous

emissions

• deadly

• something released or leaked into the world, especially a gas

• the way a person makes a living

• poisonous; very unpleasant or harmful

industry

• something released or leaked into the world

• deadly

• a type of business or manufacturing

• to slowly gather or build up

lethal

• deadly

• poisonous; extremely harmful or unpleasant

• type of business

• to make unclean or unusable by adding a polluting substance

The factory's _____________ were released into the atmosphere.

• emissions

• industry

• contaminate

• livelihood

The ___________ fumes from the plant were harmful to the workers

• accumulate

• emissions

• toxic

• contaminae