Vocabulary

• for long: For a considerable period of time.
• forget about: To stop thinking about something; to ignore something.
• send in: To mail or email an application, etc. somewhere
• consists of: Is made up or composed of.
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• curious: Wanting to know more about something
• solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
• amount: Quantity of something
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• currency: Widespread acceptance
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• require: To demand that someone does something
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• evaluate: To form an idea to judge something carefully
• retrieve: To find and bring in animals during a hunt
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• examine: (Medical) to test to find out what is wrong
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• infamous: Famous because of something bad
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• stomach: Place in the body where food is processed
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• ignite: To catch fire
• brick: Baked clay block used to build houses, walls
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• division: How many times a number is contained in another
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• point: An item to be discussed
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• oven: Kitchen appliance you put food in to bake, roast
• glue: Sticky substance used for joining things together
• microwave: Cooking appliance using electromagnetic waves
• annually: Every year; once a year
• scissor: To cut with or as if with scissors