English vocabu-lary words

Beacons

0A radio station that broadcasts a directional signal for navigational purposes

0Example sentence: Beacons are useful to us in may ways.

Calamity

0An event resulting in great loss and misfortune0Example sentence: My first thought was calamity

caused by global warming.

Consequences

0A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

0Example sentence: most actions and acts of nature have a consequence that follows as a result.

Evacuated

0Meaning: Move out of an unsafe location into safety.0Example sentence: Hundreds of people evacuated

from the mall when the fire alarm rang.

Ferocious

0Marked by extreme and violent energy.0Example sentence:

Humidity

0Wetness in the atmosphere0Example sentence:

Irrelevant

0Having no connection with the subject a issue0Example sentence: That sentence is irrelevant to that

topic.

Meteorologist

0A specialist who studies processes in the earth’s at-mosphere that cause weather conditions

0Example sentence: Meteorologist studies about mete-orology.

Monitoring

0The act of observing something (and sometimes keep-ing a record of it)

0Example sentence: Police officers will monitor the site where the accident happened.

Orbiting

0One object rotating around another0Example sentence: Earth completes full orbiting

around the sun in 365.5 days.

Reconnaissance

0A noun that describes an information gathering mis-sion

0Example sentence: An air cavalry troop may be as-signed an air route reconnaissance mission.

Reconstruction

0Return to its original or usable and functioning condi-tion

0Example sentence: Reconstruction of castle will be ending in June.

Rubble

0The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

0Example sentence: Rubble of building was all over the place.

Rugged

0Sturdy and strong in constitution or construction0Example Sentence: In bavaria, further south, the land

becomes rugged.

Signal words

0Words that connect different ideas in a paragraph0Example sentence: Signal words help you to put in the

correct tense.

Satellite

0Man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon

0Example sentence: Satellite navigation with speed/safety camera alert devices to get you from a to b safely.

Supporting sentence

0A sentence that supports the topic of paragraph0Example sentence: Supporting sentences give details

and information to explain the topic sentences.

Topic sentence

0The sentence that gives the focus for a paragraph0Example sentence: Topic sentence is the most impor-

tant sentence in a paragraph.

Torrential

0Pouring in abundance0Example sentence: We headed back home in road was

absolutely torrential rain; the road was a complete sheet of water.

Turbulence

0 In a stormy or violent manner0Example sentence: Care will be needed to ensure that

any transitional arrangements do minimize turbu-lence.