Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• care for: To want or desire a thing
• in tow: Accompanied or followed by someone or something.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• to God: Used to emphasize truth or sincerity.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• come by: To become the owner of something, e.g. by accident
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• aspect: Way something looks or seems to be
• sustainable: Capable of continuing for a long time
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• resilient: Recovering quickly from something bad
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• relentless: Continuing without slowing or losing strength
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• shrink: To become smaller
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• predominantly: Mainly; in a way that indicates a greater degree
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• external: Concerning foreign countries
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• aid: To help others and provide things
• sane: showing good judgment and understanding
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• nutrition: Scientific study of the effects of foods on health
• drought: Long period of dry weather
• leave: To go away from; depart
• grateful: Feeling or showing thanks; thankful
• grim: Being very serious or determined
• distribution: Dividing or spreading out to others
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• malnourished: Not having had adequate nourishment or food
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• outlook: General feeling or attitude about something
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• fill: To make something full
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• scarf: To eat or drink something quickly
• pasture: Area with grass that cattle, etc. feed on
• resident: Trainee doctor who works/lives in a hospital
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• reliance: State of being dependent on something for help
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• repeatedly: (Said, done) many times; over and over
• hay: Dry grass used as food for animals
• graze: (Of cows, etc.) to eat grass growing in a field
• muslim: Of or relating to Islam
• tow: Pulling another vehicle; being pulled thus