Vocabulary

• search for: To try to find someone or something.
• for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• around the clock: All day and all night; continuously.
• allow for: To take into consideration
• drown out: To prevent a sound from being heard by making a louder noise.
• in service: Available for use; operational
• catch fire: To start burning; to ignite.
• per year: For each year; annually.
• strip of: A long, narrow piece of something.
• in conclusion: Used to indicate a summary or final point.
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• nasty: Very bad, unpleasant, or offensive
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
• variety: Particular type of thing or person
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• conclusion: End of something; finish
• principle: Moral rule or belief governing a person's behavior
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• coordinate: To match styles or colors that go well together
• universal: Existing in all places at all times for all people
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• drag: To reluctantly move or go somewhere
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• induce: To make someone do something; create an outcome
• analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
• mitigate: To make less severe or serious
• satellite: Device sent into space that aids communication
• speculate: To take risks that might lead to big profits
• aviation: Science or practice of flying aircraft
• hazard: Something that is dangerous and causes problems
• drown: To kill something by putting it under water
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• magnetic: Having the properties of a magnet; able to attract
• decay: To be slowly destroyed by natural processes; rot
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• hurricane: Very severe storm usually occurs near the ocean
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• overlap: To lie over or cover a part of something else
• transportation: Act of moving people or goods between places
• point: An item to be discussed
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• flare: To become angry or excited suddenly
• popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• burn: To destroy with fire
• liberate: To free someone or something that was captured
• asphalt: Hard mixture used to make roads and streets
• reflex: Body's physical reaction done unconsciously
• astronomy: Study of stars and other bodies in space
• telegraph: To signal to someone without speaking