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R-Earth Dragon Awake
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| trembles | vibrates or shivers involuntarily |
| trembles | People sense an earthquake when everything nearby shakes and _____. |
| wreckage | something that has been destroyed |
| wreckage | Even an earthquake shorter than one minute can leave a lot of ____. |
| slab | a large, thick, flat piece of solid material |
| slab | A falling concrete ____, or flat and thick piece, can destroy everything under it. |
| possessions | things owned or held as one's own |
| possessions | A quake can damage people's _____. the things people own might be ruined. |
| tenement | a rundown and crowded dwelling |
| tenement | A ____, or poorly built apartment building, is especially at risk in a quake. |
| crushing | squashing, pulverizing, destroying |
| crushing | If falling structures are _____ everything inside them, the street is the safest place. |
| rubble | pieces of material from ruined structures |
| rubble | It can take a lot of time and effort to clean up broken bits of ______. |
| debris | broke and leftover pieces |
| debris | After a quake, the _____ form a badly damaged road can be dangerous. |
| timbers | wood used for building purposes, woodlands |
| timbers | Houses made of ______, or wooden beams, can collapse like toothpick toys. |
| constructed | built, put together |
| constructed | Buildings now can be ____ in a way that helps them survive quakes. |
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