Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• out of control: Impossible to manage or control.
• let down
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• going on: To continue doing something
• on the floor: Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
• put through: To connect someone to the number he or she wants
• on the street: Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• set on: To attack
• on fire: Very successful or popular
• got to: To arrive at some place
• have on: To be wearing something.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• deprivation: State of lacking something needed
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• unprecedented: Not having happened before, or to such a degree
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• spike: The top point in a graph
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• phenomenal: Amazing; remarkable
• pledge: To make a promise; make an oath
• rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• rival: Matching the quality, skill, et. of others
• integral: Being an essential part of something; necessary
• spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
• tragedy: Play that has a sad ending with many deaths
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• tribute: Something that is said or done to show respect
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• aftermath: The bad result/situation after an event
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• resolve: To make a decision to do something
• bump: To bounce along over a rough surface
• funeral: Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body
• investigation: Search for information about something
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• chief: Leader of a race or group of people
• public: Owned by the government
• connect: To associate a thing with something else
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• mate: A friend who you work, live, or go to school with
• operation: Business or company, or its activities
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• trust: To expect confidently
• brave: (Old-fashioned) A native American warrior
• cocaine: Illegal drug made from coca leaves
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• intimidation: Being made to feel afraid or timid, as by threats
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• divert: To attract someone's attention from something
• grieve: To feel great sadness, as when someone dies
• feud: Bitter long quarrel, dispute or argument
• tractor: Powerful (farm) vehicle with large back wheels
• pellet: Hard little ball, e.g. of food or medicine
• scorch: To dry up from the power of the sun
• heroin: A highly addictive drug, a derivative of morphine
• quad: Four-sided enclosure surrounded by buildings
• horrify: To cause someone to feel horror or shock