1.
disaster: Hurricane Katrina was the worst _______ to hit New Orleans in many years.
2.
disastrous: The _______ floods in the Midwest left many people homeless.
3.
fled: We ______ from the house when we awoke and smelled gas.
4.
flee: I quickly decided to ______ from the park when I heard a noise behind me.
5.
fracture: The plane was grounded because of a small ______ in the metal tail unit.
6.
fractured: Ruth _______ her arm for the second time this summer when she fell from the swing.
7.
immense: To the _______ relief of his parents, the lost child was soon found.
8.
intense: The _______ heat from the fire melted the plastic dishes.
9.
intensity: The _____ of light from the sun is greatest at noon.
10.
investigate: The fire marshal will ____ the cause of the fire in the old mill.
11.
lurch: The bus started with a ________, throwing the standing passengers off balance.
12.
lurched: The car ______ to the left to avoid a pothole in the road.
13.
major (adjective): Seas and oceans make up the _____ part of the earth's surface.
14.
major (noun): My _____ in college will be Russian.
15.
majored: My cousin Karen ______ in chemistry and mathematics at Berea College.
16.
minor (adjective): Steffi Graf's knee injury was _____, so she finished the match.
17.
minors (noun): ________ may attend this movie if an adult goes with them.
18.
petrified: In Arizona's Painted Desert, we saw examples of wood that had _____ over millions of years.
19.
petrify: The director said that he felt his horror movies had failed if they did not ______ audiences.
20.
prediction: The _______ of a blizzard by the National Weather Service kept people from traveling last night.
21.
predicts: The state office on highway safety _________ heavy traffic on the roads this Labor Day weekend.
22.
prone: I had to lie in a _______ position because my back was so sunburned.
23.
sparse: The grass near the driveway was ______, so we reseeded it.
24.
topple: The student demonstrations helped to _______ the government.
25.
toppled: The cat _______ the pile of books.
26.
urban: Traffic in ______ areas is a serious problem during rush hour.
