Bucket 70 — Earth & Environment

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Best for: Geography and Environmental Science. 5 words (3 repeats).

1. ABYSS (n.) 🔁

• Urdu: گہرا گڑھا · bottomless chasm · Syn: chasm · Ant: summit · Full entry → Bucket 10

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2. DECLIVITY (n.) 🔁

• Urdu: ڈھلوان · a downward slope · Syn: descent · Ant: acclivity · Full entry → Bucket 50

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3. GLACIAL (adj.)

• Urdu: گلیشیئر سے متعلق؛ بہت سست؛ سرد مہر
• Meaning: relating to glaciers; extremely slow; cold and unfriendly
• Syn: icy, frozen / sluggish, slow / frosty, hostile · Ant: tropical / rapid, swift / warm, cordial
• ✍️ Use: Reform of the police has proceeded at a glacial pace since 2002.
• 🧠 Hook: as slow as a glacier moves. Pakistan has more glaciers than anywhere outside the poles.

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4. TERRESTRIAL (adj.) 🔁

• Urdu: زمینی · of the earth or land · Syn: land-based · Ant: celestial · Full entry → Bucket 50

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5. VERDANT (adj.)

• Urdu: سرسبز، ہرا بھرا
• Meaning: green with grass or rich vegetation
• Syn: green, lush, leafy, grassy · Ant: barren, arid, desolate, parched
• ✍️ Use: The verdant valleys of Swat once drew tourists from across the world.
• 🧠 Hook: vert / verde (green), as in Cape Verde.