Vocabulary

• water down: To add water to a drink or other liquid in order to make it less strong, concentrated, or thick.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• float away: To drift or move gently away on water or in the air.
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• spill over: To flow over the edge of a container.
• fill in: To put earth in e.g. a hole
• bounce back: To return quickly to a normal condition after a difficult situation or illness.
• by design: Intentionally; deliberately.
• force in: To enter a place by applying physical force.
• in the house: Located inside a building used as a dwelling.
• to the rafters: Completely full; filled to the maximum capacity.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• on the beach: Located on the sandy or pebbly area bordering a body of water.
• get up to: To do something slightly naughty
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• upwards of: More than; at least.
• move to: To change the place where you live or work.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• grocery: Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• extreme: Very great in degree
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• catastrophic: Causing a lot of damage or suffering
• category: Groups of things that are similar in some way
• accommodate: To adapt or handle a situation, task
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• intact: Being complete, without damaged or missing parts
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• ditch: To abandon or give up a plan, etc.
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• withstand: To remain unaffected by something or someone
• bounce: A person's energy or confidence
• grid: Electrical network supplying electricity to area
• mandate: To order that something is done
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• spill: Accident when someone falls
• utilize: To use something for a particular purpose
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• coast: Land near the sea or ocean
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• hurricane: Very severe storm usually occurs near the ocean
• act: To behave in a certain way
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• connect: To associate a thing with something else
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• point: An item to be discussed
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• requirement: A demand that someone does something
• footprint: Mark left by a foot of an animal or human
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• part: Division of a book
• area: Amount of measured space
• unscathed: Not harmed/damaged by something bad that happened
• onslaught: Violent attack; a sudden rush of something
• elevate: To make something higher
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• coastline: Area of sea alongside the land in an area
• buffer: Data in computer memory allowing fast access
• elevation: Height of a place
• ashore: Onto the land from the water
• landfall: Seacoast first sighted on a voyage or flight