C2 Proficiency OS Mission 7

absorbent

• having the capacity to soak sth up
• damaging to sth
• an invasion of sth

harness

• to make use of sth
• having the capacity to soak sth up
• damaging to sth

carbon scrubber

• a device that absorbs the gas produced when people or animals breathe
• to make use of sth
• having the capacity to soak sth up

liquefy

• to turn sth into a liquid
• a device that absorbs the gas produced when people or animals breathe
• to make use of sth

recalibrate

• to readjust sth
• to turn sth into a liquid
• a device that absorbs the gas produced when people or animals breathe

arid

• (of land) very dry
• to readjust sth
• to turn sth into a liquid

adverse

• unfavourable
• (of land) very dry
• to readjust sth

climate variability

• change in the climate
• unfavourable
• (of land) very dry

receding

• moving slowly away from a previous point
• change in the climate
• unfavourable

precipice

• the verge of sth disastrous
• moving slowly away from a previous point
• change in the climate