Vocabulary

• in effect: In reality; in practice; virtually
• due to: Because of; owing to
• listen in: To secretly listen to a conversation.
• on the beach: Located on the sandy or pebbly area bordering a body of water.
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• stiff: Slang term for a dead body
• couple: To join something to something else
• due: When something is required or expected
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• coast: Land near the sea or ocean
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• hurricane: Very severe storm usually occurs near the ocean
• threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
• breeze: To act in a confident way; walk, enter confidently
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• forecast: Prediction of some future thing, e.g. the weather
• outline: Line around the outer edge of something
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• coastal: Concerning the area of sea near land
• area: Amount of measured space
• atlantic: Of the ocean between Africa and the Americas
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• wave: Movement of sound, air or energy
• offshore: (Of tax avoidance schemes) not in your country
• surf: To view webpages on the internet
• height: Distance of something from the bottom to the top
• ocean: Large body of salt water; a large sea
• landfall: Seacoast first sighted on a voyage or flight
• southeast: Location in the southeastern part of an area
• breezy: Fresh and animated
• hardy: Able to survive cold weather, hard times
• northeast: Location in the northeastern part of an area