Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• from the start: From the very beginning; from the outset.
• walk with: To accompany someone while walking.
• stay together: To remain in a relationship or partnership.
• account of: A spoken or written description of an event.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• crucial: Extremely important or necessary
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• strike: To hit something
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• blast: To attack someone with words
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• grasp: Person's control over something
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• account: An advantage
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• radiation: Energy transmitted as rays, waves or particles
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• enemy: Something that stops you doing what you want
• imagination: Ability to creates new ideas and mental images
• wipe: To clean or dry something with a cloth
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• dwindle: To make or become less or smaller gradually
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• devastation: Act of ruining or destroying something
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• burn: To destroy with fire
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• abolish: To officially stop (a law or practice)
• picture: General situation or state of being
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• testament: Evidence or proof (usually of something good)
• happen: To take place or occur
• warfare: Methods used by those fighting in a war
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• paint: To make a picture with colored liquids
• atomic: Concerning atoms
• engulf: To completely surround and enclose
• mushroom: Short fungus shaped like an umbrella you can eat
• report: Account of the necessary facts and information
• radioactive: Emitting harmful energy from nuclear activity
• bomb: To attack with explosives
• unleashed: To release or let an animal go
• etch: To cut lines on metal to make a picture
• bloodshed: Violence leading to blood being split
• unthinkable: Impossible to imagine; not to be considered
• horrify: To cause someone to feel horror or shock