Vocabulary

• due to: Because of; owing to
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• run by: To be managed or controlled by someone or a group.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• such as: For example; like
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
• track down: To find out where someone is; hunt; chase
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• check up on: To investigate or inspect
• together with: In addition to; along with.
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• ritual: Performed as part of a ceremony
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• indigenous: Being naturally from an area, not somewhere else
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
• lucrative: Producing a lot of money
• remote: Being far away from people, towns, etc.
• extract: Essential ingredient of a natural thing
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• spiritual: Of religious belief; believing in things of soul
• due: When something is required or expected
• torture: Hurting someone to force them to give information
• dissolve: To cause something to end
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• crop: Plants grown on a farm for food, e.g. corn or rice
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• deposit: Concentration of mineral left by a river
• border: To be right next to another country or state
• mineral: Substance naturally formed in the ground
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• vantage: (usually vantage point) A place or position affording a good view of something
• province: Subject that a person has a good knowledge of
• significance: The potential for something to have a big effect
• basin: A sink; a place in a bathroom to wash your face
• mining: To place a bomb in the ground or the sea
• acidic: Containing acid
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• vegetation: (Of plants) to grow in an area (without humans)
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• live: To be alive
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
• porous: With many tiny holes so liquid, etc. passes through
• oversight: A mistake; something you forget to do
• price: Person's name
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• long: Person's name
• close: Almost; near
• compile: To put programming data into a computer
• extraction: Process of taking something out of something else
• awkwardly: With a lack of smooth movement
• leach: To remove by passing a liquid through a substance
• brow: Area on a face below the hair and above the eyes
• zinc: Bluish white metal used in making brass
• clamp: Something used to fasten two things together
• weaponry: Collection of weapons and weapon-like instruments
• upstream: In the direction opposite the flow of river/stream
• ammonia: Colorless liquid or gas used in cleaning products
• southeast: Location in the southeastern part of an area
• rechargeable: Capable of being recharged
• totality: State of being total and complete
• ammonium: A chemical derived from ammonia