Vocabulary

• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• immediately: Without any delay; straight away
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• sustainable: Capable of continuing for a long time
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• catastrophic: Causing a lot of damage or suffering
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
• proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• tragedy: Play that has a sad ending with many deaths
• halt: To stop, or cause something, e.g. a car, to stop
• tragic: (Of a play, movie, or book) with a sad ending
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
• petition: Request to an authority to change something
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• accuse: To claim that someone has done something wrong
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• exceed: To be greater in number, degree than something
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• range: Cooking stove with multiple burners
• outrage: Very wrong or cruel act which causes great anger
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• deadly: Causing or capable of causing death
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• lawsuit: A proceeding in law courts to get a legal decision
• area: Amount of measured space
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• action: Something that a person or thing does
• bankruptcy: State of having no money and unable to pay debts
• litigation: Adjudication in a court; process of law
• mystic: Person who practices religious rites
• hometown: Town (or city) where you grew up or where you live