Vocabulary

• doom and gloom: A feeling of pessimism or despair; a focus on negative aspects.
• far worse: Significantly more unpleasant, serious, or severe.
• have to: Must do
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• for instance: As an example.
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• deal with
• on the contrary: In contrast; from the opposite standpoint
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• cool down: To become cooler; to reduce in temperature.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• move away: To relocate; to go and live in a different place.
• on a daily basis: Happening every day.
• in hand: In one's possession or control.
• go hand in hand: Two things closely related or connected, usually occurring together.
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• unprecedented: Not having happened before, or to such a degree
• poverty: State of being poor
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• silly: Careless
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• advocate: A lawyer who protects a clients interests
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• conventional: Following the common attitudes and practices
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• robust: Having physical vigor or energetic good health
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• require: To demand that someone does something
• anticipate: To expect or look ahead to something positively
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• institute: Organization studying science, engineering etc.
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• doom: Certain of the failure or destruction of
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• frequently: Often; regularly
• unexpected: Surprising because it was not expected
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• adaptation: Music, movie or play, changed to a new form
• fossil: Plant or animal that became rock after many years
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• mantra: Repeated expression, as in Hindu/Buddhist prayers
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• pump: To make liquid or gas flow in a particular direction
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• devastation: Act of ruining or destroying something
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• compost: Dead plants, leaves or grass, used as fertilizer
• lesson: Something done to learn or teach something; class
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• degrade: To reduce in amount or strength
• irrigation: Supplying land with water using pipes
• bamboo: Long light Asian plant with strong, empty stems
• coexist: To exist peacefully together
• subcontinent: Landmass that is part of a continent, e.g. India
• rooftop: Top of a roof, e.g. of garden on a roof
• superpower: State powerful enough to influence world events
• rainwater: Drops of fresh water that fall from clouds