Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• have to: Must do
• per year: For each year; annually.
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• to the rescue: Arriving in time to help or save someone from danger.
• testing ground: A place or situation where something new is tested.
• bring back: To cause to remember
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• at a price: Achieved but with negative consequences or a significant cost.
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• tag along: To accompany someone, especially when uninvited or not needed.
• for best: An expression meaning ‘it is better to’ or ‘to do something for the best outcome’.
• for the sake of: For the purpose of; in the interest of.
• wrap up: To complete something, such as a film or project
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• rage: Strong or violent anger
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• technically: In an exact and particular manner
• magnificent: Splendid; brilliant; extremely good
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• autonomous: Able to control or decide matters by itself
• participate: To take part with others in doing something
• apocalypse: Great disaster; complete destruction
• lifespan: Length of time something is expected to last
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• buddy: Friend, usually male
• league: Group of people, countries with a common goal
• colony: Group (bees, etc.) that live in the same place
• important: Having power or authority
• pun: Funny way to use a word to express another meaning
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• humidity: Amount of moisture in the air in a particular area
• coast: Land near the sea or ocean
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• evacuate: To move people from dangerous to a safe places
• dust: To apply a fine powder to, e.g. sugar to a cake
• faint: To suddenly become unconscious and fall down
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
• worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
• antarctica: An extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to , feet deep
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• mere: Just enough of something
• blaze: (Of a fire) to burn brightly
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• edition: Form in which a book, magazine etc. is released
• scout: To watch or search for something or someone
• production: Process of producing or growing food naturally
• emperor: Man who rules an empire
• pollen: Fine, usually yellow powder produced by plants
• forage: Plants that animals eat
• cargo: Goods carried in a ship or plane
• hive: Place that has a lot of activity in it
• tradition: An event, custom or way common to a people or race
• reproductive: Concerning the process of making children
• bay: Part of an ocean or lake partly surrounded by land
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• nectar: Sweet liquid found in plants
• apocalyptic: Involving great disaster or destruction
• startup: A company just starting its operations
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• ash: Gray powder left after a fire
• rust: Reddish brown color
• penguin: Black and white sea bird that cannot fly
• governor: Person who leads a state or province
• report: Account of the necessary facts and information
• national: Concerning a nation as a whole
• pollination: Putting pollen on a plant so it makes seeds
• short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
• california: A state in the western United States on the Pacific; the rd largest state; known for earthquakes
• south: Direction to your right when facing the rising sun
• nighttime: Time after sunset and before sunrise
• phoenix: Mythical bird that was burned but rose from ashes
• air: Mixture of gases around the earth that we breathe
• termite: Small white tropical insect which eats wood
• beehive: Nest of bees
• statewide: Occurring or extending throughout a state
• longtime: Concerning for a long duration
• honeybee: Bee often domesticated for the honey it produces