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Wordly Wise Lesson 15

Terms in this set (15)

disaster
n. Something that causes great damage or harm
disastrous~ adj. Causing much damage or harm
flee
v. To run away from danger or from something frightening
fled~ past tense of flee
fracture
n. A crack or break, as in metal or bone
v. To crack or break
immense
adj. 1. great in size or extent.
2. Great in degree.
intense
adj. 1. Very strong; very great.
2. Showing great depth of feeling
investigate
v. to into closely; to study in great detail.
lurch
v. To move forward or to one side suddenly and unexpectedly.
n. A jerking or swaying movement.
major
adj. Great in size, number, or importance.
n. 1. a military officer just above a captain in rank.
2 the main subject a student is studying
v. To study as one's most important subject
minor
adj. 1. Small; unimportant.
n. a person who is not yet an adult; a child
petrify
v. To make rigid with terror; to terrify
2. to change into a stonelike substance
predict
v. to say what will happen before it takes place.
prediction~ n. Something that is predicted
prone
adj. 1 Likely to have or do
2. Lying face downward
sparse
adj. 1 thinly grown or spread.
2. not crowded
topple
v. To fall or push over
To overthrow
urban
adj. Having to do with cities.
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