Vocabulary

• into space: Toward or entering the region beyond Earth's atmosphere.
• far worse: Significantly more unpleasant, serious, or severe.
• check out
• set off: To start a journey
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• new level: A higher or improved stage of achievement or quality.
• in flames: Burning fiercely
• were it not for: Used to say something would not happen without a particular condition.
• oil and water: Two things that are very different and do not mix well.
• on fire: Very successful or popular
• behind the scenes: Secretly or without being known to the public.
• at war: Engaged in a war; fighting
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• for days: For a long period of time; lasting several days.
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• material: Cloth; fabric
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• strike: To hit something
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• catastrophic: Causing a lot of damage or suffering
• atmosphere: Air around us
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• drastically: In a sudden, extreme or severe manner
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• blast: To attack someone with words
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• drill: A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
• catastrophe: Very bad disaster causing much suffering, etc.
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• radiation: Energy transmitted as rays, waves or particles
• spill: Accident when someone falls
• devastate: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• horizon: Line where the earth or sea meets the sky
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• cosmic: Concerning space and the universe
• land: Region or country
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• stellar: Very brilliant; very successful or good
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• fuse: Device connected to and making a bomb explode
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• happen: To take place or occur
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
• lunar: Concerning, about, or from the moon
• age: To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
• meteor: Rock from space that enters the Earth's atmosphere
• radioactive: Emitting harmful energy from nuclear activity
• supernova: Large exploding star that is extremely bright