Vocabulary

• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• come after: To follow someone in order to threaten them
• put together: To build or assemble something small, e.g. a toy
• break apart: To separate into pieces; disintegrate.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• blow out: (Of tire) to explode
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• fatigue: Breaking due to being moved or bent many times
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• intensity: Great energy, strength, or concentration
• premature: Happening before the natural or desired time
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• fatal: Causing death; having very bad consequences
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• scrutiny: Careful examination, as to see rules are followed
• blow: To move something using air
• comprehensive: Including most or all things
• construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• ensure: To make something sure, certain, or safe
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• turbulence: Violent or unsteady movement of air or liquids
• attorney: Person giving legal advice; a lawyer
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• investigation: Search for information about something
• inflict: To make someone endure (something bad)
• fully: Completely or entirely
• aircraft: Vehicle that can fly
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• dangerous: Involving the chance of hurt or damage; risky
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• inaccurate: Not correct, accurate, or true
• allege: To state without proof
• add: To include as well
• datum: Item of factual information
• leadership: Quality of being able to guide or influence others
• congressional: Concerning the US congress
• structural: Concerning or caused by structure
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• fuselage: Main part of an airplane, not the wings
• whistleblower: One revealing something they think antisocial
• liner: Material used to cover the inside surface of
• undergone: To experience or endure something (bad)
• airplane: A machine that flies through the air