Vocabulary

• right in front: Directly ahead; in a position immediately before someone or something.
• out of the blue: Unexpectedly; without warning
• in some places: In certain locations or areas, but not all.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
• break through: To move quickly through (wall, etc.) using force
• on the move: Traveling or going from place to place.
• have to: Must do
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• pull away: To drive (vehicle) away;
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• elaborate: To explain something in detail
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• permanent: Lasting forever; not temporary or changing
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• continent: Very large piece of land, e.g. Africa or Asia
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• crust: Hard outer layer of something, e.g. the earth
• regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• due: When something is required or expected
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• magnitude: Number representing force of an earthquake
• chamber: Enclosed space that contains something
• hostile: Unwelcoming; showing ill will, as to an enemy
• attraction: Theme park or fairground; place worth visiting
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• regularly: At the usual time each day, week, or month
• movement: Part of a piece of classical music
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• tear: Drop of salty water from the eye
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• thermal: Item of warm clothing for cold weather use
• laboratory: A place to do scientific experiments
• unbearable: Not able to be accepted or tolerated
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• alien: Foreigner; a person not from this place
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• tectonic: Denoting or relating to construction or building
• mantle: History cloak without sleeves worn over clothes
• area: Amount of measured space
• lava: Very hot liquid rock flowing from a volcano
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• volcano: Mountain through which hot liquid earth can erupt
• rift: Opening made by splitting; a major disagreement
• seismic: Of earthquakes
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• volcanic: (E.g. of a temperament) easily angered; violent
• live: To be alive
• eruption: Act of happening suddenly or begin doing
• continental: Of or typical of the culture of mainland Europe
• inhospitable: Being difficult to live in due to conditions
• reshape: To form something into a new shape
• gateway: Entrance that can be closed by a gate
• northern: In or toward the north
• sulfur: Smelly yellow chemical often found near volcanoes
• triple: Group or set of three
• afar: From far away
• magma: Hot liquid rock from the Earth's crust
• asbestos: Type of mineral with cancerous fibers
• ale: Fermented alcoholic drink made from malt
• lattice: Openwork structure of crossed strips of wood, etc.
• lowland: Low level country