Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• go away: To go on vacation
• knock on: To strike a door or window to attract attention.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• on behalf of: As the representative of someone
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• wind up: To be brought to a state of great tension
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• pile up: To put things on top of each other to form a pile
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• check out
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• content: Being happy or satisfied
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• fascinating: To attract or interest greatly
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• curious: Wanting to know more about something
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• decade: Period of 10 years
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• pile: Large amount of something
• immense: Very great in size or amount
• tiny: Very, very small
• prey: To hunt (other animals) in order to eat them
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• plain: Obvious; clearly so, true
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• organic: Developing naturally and without a set structure
• extinction: When every example of animal, plant is dead
• ingest: To eat, drink, or swallow something
• patch: Cover worn over an eye to protect or hide it
• marine: Soldier trained to serve on land and sea
• sinister: Suggesting evil or danger; threatening
• bloodstream: Blood flowing through the circulatory system
• doable: Able to be done; possible
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• accident: Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
• microscopic: Too small to be seen with the eyes
• respiration: Taking air in and out of the lungs; breathing
• litter: All the baby animals born at once from one mother
• buoyant: Capable of floating in a liquid
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• behalf: As a representative of someone or a group.
• depletion: Reducing the amount, strength or number of
• trash: Garbage or anything that is worthless
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• aquatic: Living or growing near or in water
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• plankton: Tiny plants and animals that fish eat in seas
• answer: To reply to a question someone asks
• date: To have become old-fashioned
• long: Person's name
• ozone: Gas protecting the earth from the sun
• ring: A roped area in which people fight or box
• triple: Group or set of three
• overflow: (Liquid) to flow over the edge of something
• fiend: Very evil person; devil; demon
• seafood: Fish, shellfish, etc. that can be eaten