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Wordly Wise 5 L15
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| disaster | n. something that cause great damage or harm |
| disastrous | adj. causing much damage or harm |
| flee | v. to run away from danger or from something frightening |
| fracture | n. a crack or break, as in metal or bone |
| fracture | v. to crack or break |
| immense | adj. great in size or extent |
| immense | adj. great in degree |
| intense | adj.. very strong; very great |
| intense | adj. showing great depth of feeling |
| intensity | n. great strength or force |
| investigate | v. to look into closely; to study in great detail |
| lurch | v. to move forward or to one side suddenly and unexpectedly |
| lurch | n. a jerking or swaying movement |
| major | adj. great in size, number or importance |
| major | n. a military officer just above a captain in rank |
| major | n, the main subject a student is studying |
| major | v. to study as one's most important subject |
| minor | adj. small; unimportant |
| minor | n. a person who is not yet an adult |
| petrify | v. to make rigid with terror; to terrify |
| petrify | v. to change to a stone-like substance |
| predict | v. to say what will happen before it takes place |
| prediction | n. something that is predicted |
| prone | adj. likely to have or do |
| prone | adj. lying face downward |
| sparse | adj. thinly grown or spread |
| sparse | adj. not crowded |
| topple | v. to fall or push over |
| topple | v. to overthrow |
| urban | adj. having to do with cities |