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Ch. 15 Wordly Wise
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| something that causes destruction | disaster |
| To run away from something | flee |
| A break or crack in a hard material | fracture |
| Very large | immense |
| Showing deep emotion | intense |
| To study or look at very closely | investigate |
| To jerk forward | lurch |
| The main subject you study in college | major |
| A middle-grade military rank | major |
| The largest part of something | major |
| Causing much damage or harm | disastrous |
| A jerking or swaying movement | lurch |
| A small or less important role | minor |
| A person that is under 18 years old | minor |
| A subject that is studied a lot in college, but not the major subject | minor |
| A person that digs out ore or minerals underground | miner |
| To be "frozen" in terror or fear | petrify |
| To replace plant cells with minerals | petrify |
| Saying what will happen before it takes place | predict |
| Being likely to do something | prone |
| Laying on your stomach | prone |
| Thinly grown or spread out | sparse |
| Not crowded | sparse |
| to fall or push over | topple |
| to overthrow (like a government) | topple |
| having to do with cities | urban |
| having to do with country areas (like farming areas) | rural |