Vocabulary

• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• stay afloat: To have enough money to pay what you owe; to survive financially.
• at least: As a minimum
• at sea
• have at: To attack someone or something.
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• news article: A written report in a newspaper or magazine, or on a website, presenting news or information.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• off the radio: No longer broadcast on radio stations.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• account for: To explain the cause or reason for something
• In the event of: If something happens, especially something undesirable
• flaw in: A defect or imperfection in something.
• down with: Suffering from an illness.
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• accommodate: To adapt or handle a situation, task
• distress: State of great sadness, anxiety or pain
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• require: To demand that someone does something
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• communicate: To give and exchange information
• seal: To close tightly to protect it from leaking
• convention: Official agreement between two or more countries
• tragic: (Of a play, movie, or book) with a sad ending
• sink: To push something down into the ground
• dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
• breach: To break laws or barriers (e.g. walls)
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• collision: Act of crashing into someone or something else
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• communication: Talking to people; giving information to people
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• evacuate: To move people from dangerous to a safe places
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• piece: A counter in a board game
• necessity: Something that you must have or do
• deck: Floor built into a ship, bus, plane or home
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• forensic: Establishing facts or evidence in investigations
• minimum: Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• adjacent: Being close or near to a border, wall, or point
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• iceberg: Very large mass of floating ice in the sea
• afloat: Remaining on top of a liquid; floating
• wireless: Needing no wires to make something operate
• telegraph: To signal to someone without speaking
• liner: Material used to cover the inside surface of
• titanic: Concerning great force or power
• sonar: System using sound waves to detect objects
• victor: Person who wins a game or other competition
• lifeboat: Strong boat designed to rescue people at sea
• waterline: Line painted on ship to show safe limit of water