Vocabulary

• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
• set down
• cap off: To end something in an exciting or extreme way
• in conjunction with: Together with; along with
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• deal with
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• boat: Small form of transport for traveling on water
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• water: Clear liquid that forms the seas, rivers and rain
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• cap: Covering for the end or top of something
• fitted: To adjust or change to the right size or shape
• costly: Being very expensive, often wasteful
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• assistant: Person who helps another, usually as a job
• idea: Belief, thought, suggestion, opinion or plan
• collect: By asking the receiver of a call to pay for it
• environmental: Of the natural world of plants and animals
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• rainy: When rain falls
• recover: To return to a prior normal condition
• pin: To hold someone down so that they can't move
• contain: To keep something from spreading
• loading: To put in items for use (e.g. bullets in a gun)
• transfer: To move to a different place, job or school
• wildlife: All wild animals
• shore: Land along the edge of a sea, lake or river
• pollution: Dangerous substances released into an environment
• safely: Out of danger
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• electrical: Related or connected to electricity
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• pollute: To make dirty, impure or harmful to environment
• organic: Developing naturally and without a set structure
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• industrial: Concerning making things in factories
• naturally: In the expected or usual way
• stimulate: To arouse or excite emotionally
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• discovering: To find something new that was not known before
• breakthrough: Important discovery in doing something difficult
• clay: Heavy sticky earth used to make pottery
• apparent: Easy to see or clearly understand
• treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
• bacteria: The very small creatures that can cause disease
• bacterial: Concerning or caused by bacteria
• isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
• detect: To discover or identify the presence of something
• problematic: Being difficult to deal with or fix
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• dump: To end a romantic relationship
• fund: To supply money for something
• convention: Official agreement between two or more countries
• legacy: Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
• amend: To change, fix or improve e.g. document
• drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
• heritage: Traditional beliefs or customs of a culture
• sediment: Material that settles to the bottom of a liquid
• marsh: Person's name
• aquatic: Living or growing near or in water
• barrel: To travel at high speed
• chlorine: Greenish-yellow gas with a strong smell
• degrade: To reduce in amount or strength
• molecular: About or caused by molecules
• industrialization: Process of creating and developing many businesses
• hydrophobic: Abnormally afraid of water
• swamp: Area of land that is wet or covered with water
• muck: Dirt; mud; filth
• microbial: Concerning, involving or caused by being microbes
• soggy: Unpleasantly wet
• sewage: Waste matter/excrement carried away in sewers
• excavation: Act of uncovering by digging into the ground