Vocabulary Week 11

Week 11 Day 1

•Cultivate•Agriculture•Crop

Answer Day 1

• Cultivate - cul·ti·vate verb• 1. Prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening.

Answer Day 1

• Agriculture - ag·ri·cul·ture noun

• 1. The science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products

Answer Day 1

• Crop – crop noun• 1. A cultivated plant that is grown as food, esp.

a grain, fruit, or vegetable.

Week 11 Day 2

•Forage•Ritual •Society

Answer Day 2

• Forage - for·age verb• Present

participle: foraging• 1. A person or

animal in search widely for food or provisions

Answer Day 2

• Ritual - rit·u·al noun• 1. A religious or

solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order

Answer Day 2

• Society - so·ci·e·ty noun• 1. The aggregate of people living together in

a more or less ordered community

Week 11 Day 3

•Surplus•Monopoly

Answer Day 3

• Surplus - sur·plus noun

• 1. An amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply over demand.

Answer Day 3

• Monopoly - mo·nop·o·ly noun• 1. The exclusive possession or control of the

supply or trade in a commodity or service.

Week 11 Day 4

•Rainforest•Basin

Answer Day 4

• Rainforest - rain for·est noun

• noun: rainforest• 1.A luxuriant, dense

forest rich in biodiversity, found typically in tropical areas with consistently heavy rainfall.

Answer Day 4

• Basin - ba·sin noun• 1. A natural depression on the earth's surface,

typically containing water