Vocabulary

• hard by: Very near or close to something.
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• bold: Brave; very confident; too confident
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• ambitious: Having the desire to be successful in life, work
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• prompt: Message on a computer requiring attention
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• palm: Inner area of a person's hand
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• tropical: Hot and humid; near to the equator
• reserve: To arrange for a room or table be kept for you
• strengthen: To make something stronger
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• director: Senior person who manages part of an organization
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• deforestation: Process of removing the trees from an area
• land: Region or country
• business: A company formed for making profit
• deadly: Causing or capable of causing death
• mining: To place a bomb in the ground or the sea
• allocate: To distribute or set apart for a plan or purpose
• environmental: Of the natural world of plants and animals
• link: Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
• action: Something that a person or thing does
• speed: How fast or slow something is or is done
• datum: Item of factual information
• ministry: Body of religious workers and leaders
• corrective: Designed to promote discipline
• southeast: Location in the southeastern part of an area