Vocabulary

• consist of
• threat to: A person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.
• right for: Suitable or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation.
• spread out: To extend or stretch over a large area.
• off the ground: Having started or begun to operate or succeed.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
• courtesy of: Provided or permitted by (someone or something).
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• out of nowhere: Suddenly and unexpectedly; from an unknown place or source.
• of all time: The best or most significant in history.
• in red: Marked or written using the colour red.
• of the century: The most notable or important in a hundred-year period.
• switch on: To put something electrical on or off
• in waves: Occurring in large, flowing bursts or groups.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• out of the box: Thinking in an original or creative way.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• beneath the surface: In or under the outer layer of something, often physically below.
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• extreme: Very great in degree
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• strike: To hit something
• lethal: Causing or able to cause death
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• catastrophe: Very bad disaster causing much suffering, etc.
• vicinity: Surrounding or nearby region; proximity
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• destructive: Causing a very large amount of damage
• sink: To push something down into the ground
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• extensive: Large; full or complete
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• serene: Very calm or peaceful
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• exponentially: (Of an increase) at a faster and faster rate
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• faucet: Tap; device for controlling the flow of water
• land: Region or country
• tsunami: Huge sea wave often caused by an earthquake
• liberty: Doing as one wants without asking
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• statue: Stone or metal image of a person, often carved
• mount: To attach something to something else
• burn: To destroy with fire
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• bay: Part of an ocean or lake partly surrounded by land
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• yacht: Large expensive boat
• rotate: To regularly change people who perform a role
• tornado: Violent storm with strong winds
• volcano: Mountain through which hot liquid earth can erupt
• lightning: Flashes of light in the sky caused by a storm
• volcanic: (E.g. of a temperament) easily angered; violent
• live: To be alive
• eruption: Act of happening suddenly or begin doing
• collateral: Property you offer as security against a loan
• rock: To be greatly upset by something, e.g. a death
• identification: (Card or paper) that proves who a person is
• thunderstorm: Storm with heavy rain with thunder and lightning
• mega: Big; great; large; impressive
• eject: To make a disc or tape come out of a machine
• outburst: Sudden expression of anger or increase of activity