English Vocabulary Unit 5

be sought	looked for
be stranded
authorities	officials such as the police
distress call	an emergency call for help
document	official paper
evidence	proof
identify	recognize
incident	event
proof	words or objects that prove something is true
speculated
intuition	what your inner feelings tell you is true
involvement
theory	scientific explanation that may or may not be true
vanished	disappeared suddenly
whereabouts
witness
outcome	result
malfunction	failure or error
only child
adopt
outskirts	outside of the city limits
premises	building or other specific location
previous
routinely
run into
seemingly	appears to be so
inexplicable	without an explanation
trigger
devoted	dedicated
have a lot in common
to say the least
twist of fate
out of the ordinary	unusual or different
can’t tell two people apart