Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• at least: As a minimum
• concern about: To worry about something.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• interact with
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• emergency response: The actions taken to deal with an unexpected and dangerous event.
• to the full: Completely; to the greatest extent possible.
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• interact: To talk or do things with each other
• express: To send something by fast mail
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• shelter: Place to protect people/animals from abuse
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• address: Exact street location of a place
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• session: Period of time used for a specific activity
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• seek: To ask someone for help
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• coordinate: To match styles or colors that go well together
• due: When something is required or expected
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• tropical: Hot and humid; near to the equator
• communication: Talking to people; giving information to people
• legislation: Act or process of writing and passing laws
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• important: Having power or authority
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• tick: To function properly or normally
• preparation: Cream or substance applied onto the skin
• division: How many times a number is contained in another
• committee: Group of people who do or decide something
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• staff: Employees of a company
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• fragment: Part that is broken off of something
• senate: A board of governors at a college or university
• rank: To rate or class things
• senator: An elected politician belonging to the senate
• flash: To appear suddenly and briefly
• anomaly: Something different from what is expected
• testify: To tell what you know (in court)
• legislative: Having the power or ability to make laws
• governor: Person who leads a state or province
• radar: Radio device used to find the location of objects