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Vocabulary II - Unit III

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  • drought: a long period when there is little or no rain.
    Noun a long period when there is little or no rain
  • Missing people: someone who has disappeared and is no longer in communication with their family and friends.
    Noun He was reported as a missing person to the police.
  • Recycle: to sort and collect rubbish in order to treat it and produce useful materials that can be used again.
    Verb The Japanese recycle more than half their waste paper.
  • glass: objects made from glass when thought of as a group.
    Noun The museum has a fine collection of valuable glass.
  • Fire: (material that is in) the state of burning that produces flames that send out heat and light, and might produce smoke.
    Noun Animals are usually afraid of fire.
  • Relief worker: are individuals serving to Immediately end the kidnapping and killing of relief workers by armed groups.
    Noun Mariela is a relief worker.
  • First responder: someone who is one of the first people to arrive to deal with an emergency, especially a paramedic, police officer, or firefighter.
    Noun First responders like paramedics and firefighters could be entering areas of very dangerous radiation.
  • Search and secure dog: person who helps in the search and protection of dogs.
    Noun I admire the Search and secure dog
  • Famine: a situation in which there is not enough food for a great number of people, causing illness and death, or a particular period when this happens.
    Noun Another crop failure could result in widespread famine.
  • organic: not using artificial chemicals in the growing of plants and animals for food and other products.
    Adjective organic food/fruit/farms/farmers
  • Forest: a large area of land covered with trees and plants, usually larger than a wood, or the trees and plants them selve.
    Noun The Black Forest.
  • Landfill: the process of getting rid of large amounts of rubbish by burying it, or a place where rubbish is buried.
    Noun 90 percent of American rubbish is dumped in landfill sites.
  • Plastic: an artificial substance that can be shaped when soft into many different forms and has many different uses.
    Noun He put a sheet of plastic over the broken window.
  • Earthquake: a sudden violent movement of the earth's surface, sometimes causing great damage.
    Noun In 1906 an earthquake destroyed much of San Francisco.
  • Shelter: (a building designed to give) protection from bad weather, danger, or attack.
    Noun An air-raid shelter
  • Desert: an area, often covered with sand or rocks, where there is very little rain and not many plants.
    Noun They were lost in the desert for nine days.
  • Emergency: something dangerous or serious, such as an accident, that happens suddenly or unexpectedly and needs fast action in order to avoid harmful results.
    Noun How would disabled people escape in an emergency?
  • Natural Disaster: a natural event such as a flood, earthquake, or tsunami that kills or injures a lot of people.
    Noun The natural disaster left a huge number of people homeless.
  • predict:to say that an event or action will happen in the future, especially as a result of knowledge or experience.
    Verb It's still not possible to accurately predict the occurrence of earthquakes.
  • paper: thin, flat material made from crushed wood or cloth, used for writing, printing, or drawing on.
    Noun a piece/sheet of paper