Vocabulary

• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• soak up: To absorb; to become filled with (something)
• park in: To drive a vehicle into a parking spot or area.
• rock on: An expression of encouragement or approval, especially in the context of music or performance.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• build on: To develop or expand something; to use something as a foundation for further progress.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• critical to: Extremely important or essential.
• in danger: Exposed to the risk of harm, injury, or loss.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• suck up: To try to gain favor by flattering or fawning.
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• catastrophic: Causing a lot of damage or suffering
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• diverse: Being varied or different from each other
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• excess: Amount that is more than necessary or over a limit
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• sewage: Waste matter/excrement carried away in sewers
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• flourish: To show and direct attention by waving something
• soak: To make something completely wet
• role: Character played by an actor
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• profoundly: With a great depth psychologically
• urban: Concerning a city; located in a city
• habitat: Natural place where a plant or animal lives
• dioxide: An oxide containing two oxides per molecule
• restore: To return a thing to its original condition
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
• defend: To protect and explain your position in court
• replace: To use instead of something else
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
• enforce: To force something to be done or accepted
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• plant: Factory or a place where things are made
• vastly: To an exceedingly great extent or degree
• coastal: Concerning the area of sea near land
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• vegetation: (Of plants) to grow in an area (without humans)
• forest: Large area with many trees
• live: To be alive
• drainage: Process of removing water or liquid from something
• purify: To make pure by removing unwanted substances
• median: Being in the middle or average
• sprawl: To spread out in an uncontrolled way
• someplace: In or at or to some place
• rainwater: Drops of fresh water that fall from clouds