before the flood (vocabulary)

downtown

in or to the central part of a city (центр міста)

plentiful

there is a lot of it available (багатий)

wipe out

to destroy something completely (знишити)

barrel

a container of curved pieces of wood or of metal (бочка)

chalkboard

a smooth board, usually green, for writing or drawing on with crayon or chalk; blackboard (класна дошка)

nightmarish

extremely unpleasant and very upsetting or frightening (кошмарний)

sail

to control a boat that has no engine and is pushed by the wind (керувати, управляти судном)

decline

to gradually become less, worse, or lower (зменшуватися)

crevasse

a very deep crack or split in a glacier (розколина)

wash away

if water or rain washes something away, it removes it or carries it away (змивати)

citywide

existing or happening in all parts of the city (по всьому місту)

viable

able to work as intended or able to succeed (життєздатний)

satellite

a device sent up into space to travel around the earth, used for collecting information or communicating by radio, television, etc. (супутник)

precedent

a past action, especially a legal decision, which may act as a guide or rule in the future (прецедент)

vilify

to say or write unpleasant things about someone or something, in order to cause other people to have a bad opinion of them (ганьбити)

actionable

If something is actionable, it gives someone a good reason for accusing someone in a law court (дієвий)

hatred

an extremely strong feeling of dislike (ненависть)

benevolent

kind and helpful (доброзичливий)

legitimate

allowed by law (законний)

prominent

very well known and important (видатний, визначний)

mind-boggling

difficult to accept, imagine, or understand (приголомшливий)

immoral

morally wrong, or outside society's standards of acceptable, honest, and moral behaviour (аморальний)

toxicity

the level of poison contained in a drug or other substance and its ability to harm the body or the environment (отруйність)

foremost

most important or best; leading (перш за все)

scrutiny

the careful and detailed examination of something in order to get information about it (дослідження)

database

a large amount of information which is stored in a computer (база даних)

empower

to give someone official authority or the freedom to do something (надавати можливості)

poverty

the condition of being poor (бідність)

preach

to give a talk (called a sermon), usually during a religious service, about religious or moral matters (проповідувати)

withstand

to oppose or resist (successfully) (протистояти; чинити опір)

internally

in a way that happens in or relates to the inside of an object or building (всередині)

knock down

demolish a building or other structure (зруйнувати)

reverse

to change the direction, order, position, result, etc. of something to its opposite (змінити, протилежне)

breeding

the keeping of animals or plants in order to breed from them (розводити)

span

to stretch across (перекривати)

commodity

a substance or product that can be traded, bought, or sold (товар)

expansion

the increase of something in size, number, or importance (розширення)

emit

to give out (light, heat, a sound, a smell etc) (випромінювати; поширювати)

comprehend

to understand (розуміти; збагнути)

grip

a firm hold (хватка)

inefficient

not working or producing results etc in the best way and so wasting time, energy etc (неефективний)

cattle

grass-eating animals, especially cows, bulls and oxen (велика рогата худоба)

envision

to imagine or expect something to happen, appear, etc. in a particular way (передбачати)

fairly

more than average, but less than very (досить, цілком)

surreal

strange; not seeming real; like a dream (сюрреалістичний)

uprising

a rebellion or revolt (повстання)

chairman

a person who takes charge of or directs a meeting (керівник)

appeal

to ask earnestly for something (звертатися)

muster

to gather together (збиратися)

unwittingly

in a way that is done without knowing or planning (мимоволі)