ESL Vocabulary List 3

Front

Severe food shortage causing starvation and death

Back

famine

Front

Rising water overflowing onto land

Back

flood

Front

Someone who offers resistance

Back

Opponent

Front

Striking of one body against another

Back

impact

Front

A power to affect persons or events

Back

influence

Front

be persistent, refuse to stop

Back

persevere

Front

Something that stands in the way and must be surmounted.

Back

Obstacle

Front

Dash violently or with great speed

Back

plunge

Front

grant freedom to; free from confinement

Back

release

Front

Any state or process known through the senses

Back

Phenomenon