Vocabulary

• lead to: To result in some action
• land with: To bring an aircraft down to the ground.
• for short: As a shortened form of a name or phrase.
• hot air: Meaningless or exaggerated talk; empty rhetoric.
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• shapes and sizes: A wide variety of forms and dimensions.
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• consider: To think carefully about something
• strength: Condition of being strong
• atmosphere: Air around us
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• crust: Hard outer layer of something, e.g. the earth
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• huge: Very very large
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• destructive: Causing a very large amount of damage
• magnitude: Number representing force of an earthquake
• drought: Long period of dry weather
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• minor: Not so large in size; not important or valuable
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• disruption: When a disturbance stops an activity in progress
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• column: Regular series of articles in a newspaper/magazine
• hurricane: Very severe storm usually occurs near the ocean
• hail: To speak of something with admiration/excitement
• unpredictable: Difficult to guess about (the future)
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
• collide: To come together or crash with a lot of force
• swirl: To make a twisting shape, mark, or pattern
• deforestation: Process of removing the trees from an area
• land: Region or country
• tsunami: Huge sea wave often caused by an earthquake
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• humid: (Of air, weather) containing a lot of moisture
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• lava: Very hot liquid rock flowing from a volcano
• rotate: To regularly change people who perform a role
• funnel: to send something directly and intentionally.
• blizzard: Powerful windstorm with large amounts of snow
• tornado: Violent storm with strong winds
• lightning: Flashes of light in the sky caused by a storm
• ash: Gray powder left after a fire
• thunderstorm: Storm with heavy rain with thunder and lightning
• erupt: To begin doing something or happen suddenly
• earthquake: Heavy shaking of the ground due to natural forces
• overflow: (Liquid) to flow over the edge of something
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• underwater: (Moving or existing) beneath the surface of water
• freeway: Highway that can be used without paying a toll
• heatwave: Period of very high temperatures