Vocabulary

• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• reputation: Common opinion that people have about someone
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• frustration: Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• profile: To write a short description of a person or group
• performance: Act of doing something
• sewage: Waste matter/excrement carried away in sewers
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• instinctively: Through intuition, not thought
• element: Essential or particular part of something
• raw: Being uncontrolled or strong, as your emotions
• stink: To smell terrible
• fault: A failure or negative aspect of
• regularly: At the usual time each day, week, or month
• spill: Accident when someone falls
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• important: Having power or authority
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• act: To behave in a certain way
• violate: To abuse, damage or disrespect
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• precedent: A similar action happening before now
• outrage: Very wrong or cruel act which causes great anger
• agricultural: Concerning farming, or the land
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• pollution: Dangerous substances released into an environment
• intercept: To stop or catch something while it is moving
• part: Division of a book
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• behaviour: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• discharge: To complete a task that has been assigned
• sue: Person's name
• horrendous: Causing horror; awful; very bad
• pollutant: Toxic substance harmful to the environment
• overflow: (Liquid) to flow over the edge of something
• runoff: A second election to find a winner
• yoga: Exercise system to gain suppleness and tranquility
• poo: Feces
• brewery: Company or building for making beer
• seaside: Resort area next to the sea shore
• septic: Infected with harmful bacteria
• wetsuit: Suit made of rubber for diving and surfing