Vocabulary exercises

1. boundary

a) a large area of land that is covered with trees.

2. canal

b) a large area of water surrounded by land.

3. coast

c) a large mass of land surrounded by sea.

4. conti­nent

d) a long passage dug into the ground and filled with water, either for boats to travel along, or to take water to a place.

5. development

e) a very common plant with thin leaves that covers the ground in fields and gardens and is often eaten by animals.

6. diversity

f) a very violent tropical storm.

7. forest

g) a wide open area of fairly flat land in North America which is covered in grass or wheat.

8. grass

h) an area of low flat ground that is always wet and soft.

9. lake

i) an area of lower land between two lines of hills or mountains, usually with a river flowing through it.

10. marsh

j) land that is owned or controlled by a particular country, ruler, or military force.

11. peak

k) one of the areas with limited lawmaking powers that together make up a country controlled by a central government.

12. prairie

l) the area where the land meets the sea.

13. site

m) the piece of land on which something is located.

14. state

n) the presence of a wide range of variation in the qualities or attributes under discussion.

15. territory

o) the process of increasing business, trade, and industrial activity.

16. typhoon

p) the real or imaginary line that marks the edge of a state, country etc, or the edge of an area of land that belongs to someone.

17. valley

q) the sharply pointed top of a mountain.

1. to border on

a) to be different from something in some way.

2. to consider

b) to be formed from two or more things or people.

3. to consist of

c) to be larger and more noticeable than anything else in a place.

4. to differ

d) to be next to another country or region.

5. to dominate

e) to have or own something.

6. to possess

f) to spread out or cover a large area of land.

7. to stretch

g) to think of someone or something in a particular way or to have a particular opinion.

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Word

Synonym

Antonym

1. average

2a. crowded

3a. closed

2. changeable

2b. enormous

3b. connected

3. dense

2c. essential

3c. dispensable

4. general

2d. irregular

3d. exceptional

5. giant

2e. larger

3e. partial

6. major

2f. lasting

3f. rare

7. open

2g. medium

3g. smaller

8. permanent

2h. unclosed

3h. smooth

9. principal

2i. unconnected

3i. steady

10. rough

2j. usual

3j. temporary

11. separate

2k. variable

3k. thin

12. total

2l. whole

3l. tiny