Vocabulary

• dry out: To remove moisture from something; to become completely dry.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• on top of that: In addition to something already mentioned; furthermore.
• for the most part: Generally; mostly; on the whole.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• precious: Having a youthful, cute, and pleasant appearance
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• section: A part of a whole
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• agriculture: The science of farming
• fault: A failure or negative aspect of
• reliable: Being likely to be true; believable
• previously: At an earlier time
• combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• important: Having power or authority
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• deforestation: Process of removing the trees from an area
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• derive: To come from another thing
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• area: Amount of measured space
• professor: Teacher who teaches at a college or university
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
• link: Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• university: High-level educational institution; college
• base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
• degrade: To reduce in amount or strength
• rainforest: Ancient forest growing in tropical regions
• endanger: To bring a person/thing into a dangerous situation
• humankind: All of the living human inhabitants of the earth
• derby: Race or contest between two local teams