Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• wait on: To serve customers in a restaurant, shop, etc.
• rip off: To cheat; take advantage of; charge too much
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
• overwhelming: To defeat something or someone completely
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• barely: Only just; just possible
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• extent: Point, level or limit to which something reaches
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• widespread: Happening or existing in many places
• spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• corruption: State of being damaged or spoiled
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• grateful: Feeling or showing thanks; thankful
• scramble: To cause war planes to take off quickly
• drown: To kill something by putting it under water
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• dozen: 12 people or things
• sweep: Man who cleans chimneys
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• province: Subject that a person has a good knowledge of
• devastation: Act of ruining or destroying something
• roof: Top of the inside a tunnel, cave, mouth etc.
• historic: (Of past event) having an effect on future; famous
• hue: Degree of lightness/darkness/strength of a color
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• mud: Soft, wet dirt
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• monsoon: Seasonal wind system in India, etc., bringing rain
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• salvage: To save damaged or discarded material
• true: Agreeing with the facts; not false; real or actual
• centre: Community place people go health or social reasons
• landfall: Seacoast first sighted on a voyage or flight
• shipping: To transport goods by boat, truck or plane
• clothe: To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
• wade: Person's name
• underwater: (Moving or existing) beneath the surface of water