Vocabulary

• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• have to: Must do
• in person: Physically present; not by proxy or remotely.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• in recent memory: Within the period people can still remember.
• name for: To give someone or something a particular name, often in honor of someone else.
• look after: To take care of someone or something
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
• amount: Quantity of something
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• advocate: A lawyer who protects a clients interests
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• volatile: Able to easily become a gas at a low temperature
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• endeavor: To attempt or make effort to do something
• trail: Series of marks or signs left by something moving
• terrain: Characteristics (e.g. rough) of a piece of land
• landscape: Area or scene of activity, especially in politics
• ethnic: Of people who share the same culture, traditions
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• organic: Developing naturally and without a set structure
• honor: To fulfill an agreement
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• document: Official (printed) record that gives information
• log: To move a certain distance or speed, as recorded
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• director: Senior person who manages part of an organization
• breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
• vapor: Tiny droplets or pieces of some substance spread thinly throughout the air
• contest: Struggle or competition between rivals
• scatter: To throw or move into various different directions
• great: Very good; better than before
• land: Region or country
• haze: Dust, smoke, or gas that darkens or clouds the air
• significance: The potential for something to have a big effect
• pollution: Dangerous substances released into an environment
• historic: (Of past event) having an effect on future; famous
• part: Division of a book
• humid: (Of air, weather) containing a lot of moisture
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• lush: Someone who is often drunk
• condense: To remove water from to make it thicker
• widely: To a large degree; over a large range
• vegetation: (Of plants) to grow in an area (without humans)
• barren: (Of a woman) not able to have children
• enchant: To hold the admiration of others; charm
• precipitation: Material that falls from sky; rain, snow or hail
• smallpox: Contagious disease with pimples that leave scars
• translation: changing text from one language to another; the process of changing something into a different form
• removal: Act of getting rid of something completely
• video: Recording capturing action with sound
• rainforest: Ancient forest growing in tropical regions
• confederate: One who helps someone do something, often illegal