Vocabulary

• due to: Because of; owing to
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• split off: To become separated or detached from something.
• at this rate: If things continue as they are now.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
• ultimate: Basic; original; most significant
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• frustration: Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
• drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• criticism: Article or essay that judges quality
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
• tragedy: Play that has a sad ending with many deaths
• mitigate: To make less severe or serious
• distribution: Dividing or spreading out to others
• assign: To give someone a particular job to do
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• fill: To make something full
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• pump: To make liquid or gas flow in a particular direction
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• historic: (Of past event) having an effect on future; famous
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• reservoir: A lake storing water for use by the community
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• trunk: Long nose of an elephant
• happen: To take place or occur
• tank: Container for holding liquid or gas
• misinformation: Information that is incorrect
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• lateral: On the side; moving sideways
• governor: Person who leads a state or province
• worthless: Being of no value; without positive aspects
• suppression: Act of preventing the display of emotion, feeling
• traditionally: Something done in a customary, traditional manner
• topography: Physical land form, such as mountains and valleys
• bass: Type of fish
• interconnect: To join or be joined together (computers/theories)
• upstream: In the direction opposite the flow of river/stream
• delta: Area where a river spreads and empties into a sea