Vocabulary

• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• prone: Lying flat with your head facing the ground
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• extent: Point, level or limit to which something reaches
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• military: Army or armed forces
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• sequence: Part of a movie showing one part of the story
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• boundary: A division or border to separate two areas
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• unexpected: Surprising because it was not expected
• magnitude: Number representing force of an earthquake
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• aftermath: The bad result/situation after an event
• ramp: Path that increases in height as you walk up it
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
• upper: Drug that improves mood or increases energy
• northern: In or toward the north
• underlie: To be the basis, foundation or cause of something
• interim: Acting or being used for a limited period of time
• earthquake: Heavy shaking of the ground due to natural forces
• connectivity: Degree to which computer system has connections