Vocabulary

• due to: Because of; owing to
• have to: Must do
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• strength: Condition of being strong
• strike: To hit something
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• catastrophic: Causing a lot of damage or suffering
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• chill: State of being a little cold
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• due: When something is required or expected
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
• fault: A failure or negative aspect of
• dismiss: To consider that something is at an end
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• defense: Argument in support of something
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• unpredictable: Difficult to guess about (the future)
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• paranoia: Disorder in which you fear people want to harm you
• forecast: Prediction of some future thing, e.g. the weather
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• superstition: Unproven belief that some things are lucky/unlucky
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• dangerous: Involving the chance of hurt or damage; risky
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
• earthquake: Heavy shaking of the ground due to natural forces
• trough: Long open container for feeding farm animals
• readiness: State of having been made ready or prepared
• quake: Short for earthquake
• meteorological: Of the weather or weather forecasts
• undersea: Beneath the surface of the sea