Vocabulary

• such as: For example; like
• above ground: Located on or higher than the earth's surface.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• pass through: To experience something, often unpleasant or difficult.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• phenomenon: Unusual event, fact that can be studied
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• extreme: Very great in degree
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• interact: To talk or do things with each other
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• intensity: Great energy, strength, or concentration
• cruise: To easily achieve
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• dramatically: In a sudden or extreme manner
• toss: To throw something into the air, e.g. casually
• vicinity: Surrounding or nearby region; proximity
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• terrain: Characteristics (e.g. rough) of a piece of land
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• route: Way to get from one place to another place; path
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• unexpected: Surprising because it was not expected
• altitude: Height of something above sea level
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• tilt: To change to a newly preferred idea or opinion
• turbulence: Violent or unsteady movement of air or liquids
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• vertical: (Of a line, etc.) going up and down; not horizontal
• aircraft: Vehicle that can fly
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• thrust: To move (e.g. a knife) forcefully towards someone
• sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
• forecast: Prediction of some future thing, e.g. the weather
• land: Region or country
• descend: To go down; to move from a higher to a lower place
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• basin: A sink; a place in a bathroom to wash your face
• jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
• divert: To attract someone's attention from something
• radar: Radio device used to find the location of objects
• airflow: Movement of air around objects