Vocabulary

• strip of: A long, narrow piece of something.
• rise above: To overcome or surmount a difficult situation or challenge.
• threat to: A person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.
• regardless of
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• leave aside: To ignore something for the moment
• have to: Must do
• permanent: Lasting forever; not temporary or changing
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• urge: A strong desire for something
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• heritage: Traditional beliefs or customs of a culture
• brutal: Extremely violent or mean
• prospect: Opportunity or chance for success
• upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• leave: To go away from; depart
• narrow: Not wide; short from one side to the other
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• migrate: To move from one country or place to live or work
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• daily: Happening every day
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• land: Region or country
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• tide: Way opinions or events are developing or changing
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• treaty: An agreement between nations
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• pathway: A path or way that you can walk
• action: Something that a person or thing does
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• specialize: To focus on one area of a field or profession
• level: Specific height of something
• affirm: To state, strengthen or support a belief you have
• greenhouse: Greenhouse gas that makes the Earth get warmer
• membership: Being a member of a group; joining a group
• annually: Every year; once a year
• daunt: To make someone feel less courageous or confident
• endanger: To bring a person/thing into a dangerous situation
• remake: To arrange or prepare something again
• atoll: Island with a circular coral reef and a lagoon
• abc: First letters of the Roman alphabet