Vocabulary

• in hand: In one's possession or control.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• around the clock: All day and all night; continuously.
• grow on: To cause someone to begin to like
• pick at: To eat only some of your food
• to date: Up to the present time; until now.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• beneath the surface: In or under the outer layer of something, often physically below.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• of interest: Relevant or important to someone or something.
• have to: Must do
• happen on: To find or discover by accident.
• end up here: To arrive somewhere unexpectedly or without intending to.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• ambitious: Having the desire to be successful in life, work
• filter: Device to remove certain types of light, sound
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• hesitant: Pausing because unsure or reluctant to act
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• calcium: A substance important for making bones and teeth
• ecosystem: Types of plants and animals in an specific area
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• habitat: Natural place where a plant or animal lives
• harbor: Area of water protected by land and used by ships
• marine: Soldier trained to serve on land and sea
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• restore: To return a thing to its original condition
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• gather: To bring objects together into one place
• ton: Unit of weight; 907 kilograms (US); 1016 (UK)
• director: Senior person who manages part of an organization
• attract: To make something move closer using magnetic force
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• bleach: Chemical that disinfects and whitens
• staff: Employees of a company
• public: Owned by the government
• adult: Person or animal that is fully grown
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• great: Very good; better than before
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• oyster: An edible marine mollusk
• erosion: Process of wearing away by water, wind, or ice
• steadily: At a steady rate or pace; reliably; constantly
• degrade: To reduce in amount or strength
• reef: Line of rocks or sand at the surface of the ocean
• cage: Box made of wire or metal bars, e.g. for a bird
• seed: A person's children; offspring
• mitigation: Act of making less severe or serious
• governor: Person who leads a state or province
• transformation: A complete change in shape or form of something
• restoration: Renewing/repairing building to its original state
• waterfront: Harbor or dockyard of city near the water
• bathtub: Thing you take a bath in
• underwater: (Moving or existing) beneath the surface of water
• shoreline: Boundary line between land and water