Vocabulary

• make up: To invent or create a story
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• such as: For example; like
• guard against: To take precautions against something undesirable.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• in person: Physically present; not by proxy or remotely.
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• watch out: To be careful; to be alert to danger
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• at least: As a minimum
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• have to: Must do
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• from the dead: Returned to life after being dead.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• interfere: To get involved in something not your business
• strength: Condition of being strong
• category: Groups of things that are similar in some way
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• distress: State of great sadness, anxiety or pain
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• intentionally: With a plan to do or achieve something
• communicate: To give and exchange information
• wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• poll: Process of gathering opinions by asking questions
• treasure: Valuable things collected, and often hidden
• tropical: Hot and humid; near to the equator
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• strengthen: To make something stronger
• important: Having power or authority
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• hurricane: Very severe storm usually occurs near the ocean
• alphabet: Letters, symbols, characters of a written language
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• public: Owned by the government
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• swing: Movement in a curved motion
• contest: Struggle or competition between rivals
• false: Not real or genuine
• resident: Trainee doctor who works/lives in a hospital
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• trustworthy: Honest and reliable
• indication: Something showing something exists or will happen
• edition: Form in which a book, magazine etc. is released
• corner: To force into a position impossible to escape from
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• official: Real, exact, truely felt
• bureau: Administrative unit of government
• nationwide: Including or existing in every part of a country
• list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
• zombie: Dead person who exists among the living
• presidency: Fact or period of time of being a president
• antenna: Antenna; device for receiving radio/ TV signal
• meteorologist: Specialist who studies processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions
• call: A order or request for action
• run: To depart or travel according to a schedule
• electorate: Group of people who may vote in an election
• electoral: Concerning elections
• peacock: Bird with colorful long feathers
• pew: Long bench, usually used in churches
• modulation: Musical passage moving from one key to another
• southeast: Location in the southeastern part of an area
• broadband: Computer connection allowing fast internet access