Vocabulary

• on record: Formally and publicly stated
• like lightning: Very quickly or suddenly.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• extreme: Very great in degree
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• neutral: Something with pH value of 7
• shift: To change in position or direction
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• downright: Absolute; absolutely
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• ecosystem: Types of plants and animals in an specific area
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• drought: Long period of dry weather
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• land: Region or country
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• historic: (Of past event) having an effect on future; famous
• evenly: Equally; with advantage to both sides
• apocalyptic: Involving great disaster or destruction
• lightning: Flashes of light in the sky caused by a storm
• vegetation: (Of plants) to grow in an area (without humans)
• wildlife: All wild animals
• stagger: To greatly surprise someone
• gradient: A measure of how steep something is
• evaporation: Changing from a liquid into a gas, e.g. steam
• populous: Having a large population
• rainfall: Water falling from the sky
• smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
• char: To become burnt and the outside appears black
• unusually: To an uncommon degree or extent