Vocabulary lesson 6
Definitions and samples
- Officials anticipate the figure will climb to $8 million by the end of December.
- It was a complete foreign policy malfunction that had catastrophic consequences.
- A supply vessel collided with the company's Britannia platform in the North Sea.
- Unusual temperatures or a large volcanic eruption could trigger more ozone loss.
- The people of Somalia are already struggling from famine caused by the droughts.
- anticipate (v.) to expect; predict; to sense something before it happens
- Officials anticipate the figure will climb to $8 million by the end of December.
- catastrophic (adj.) extremely harmful; causing financial or physical ruin; involving or causing sudden great damage or suffering
- It was a complete foreign policy malfunction that had catastrophic consequences.
- collide (v.) hit with force when moving; to come together with great or violent force
- A supply vessel collided with the company's Britannia platform in the North Sea.
- eruption (n.) a sudden, often violent, outburst; an act or instance of erupting
- Unusual temperatures or a large volcanic eruption could trigger more ozone loss.
- famine (n.) extreme scarcity of food; Severe hunger; a drastic food shortage
- The people of Somalia are already struggling from famine caused by the droughts.