Vocabulary

• regardless of
• ride on: To continue as planned, despite difficulties.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• consists of: Is made up or composed of.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• roll by: To pass, especially of time.
• roll over: To make a payment later than planned
• give away
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• due to: Because of; owing to
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• compromise: To weaken your position or views
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• extreme: Very great in degree
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• strength: Condition of being strong
• random: Chosen, done without a particular plan or pattern
• texture: Quality from different elements, as in music
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
• existence: State of being present, alive or real
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• immense: Very great in size or amount
• accumulate: To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• withstand: To remain unaffected by something or someone
• handy: Convenient, easy to use, easy to reach
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• exert: To make something have an effect on something else
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• rapid: Moving or happening very quickly
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• important: Having power or authority
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• wreak: To cause something damaging or violent to happen
• absorption: Process of being absorbed e.g. liquid, attention
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• land: Region or country
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• expansion: Making or becoming larger
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• vibration: Shaking motion
• constitute: To become a group of
• evenly: Equally; with advantage to both sides
• burn: To destroy with fire
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
• effectiveness: Degree of how well something works or is done
• efficacy: Ability to produce a desired outcome
• vegetation: (Of plants) to grow in an area (without humans)
• backbone: Strength and determination
• circular: Shaped like a circle or part of a circle
• corrosion: Deterioration in metals caused by chemical action
• railroad: System of tracks on which trains travel
• ballast: Weight that steadies a sea vessel in water