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Ch. 15 Wordly Wise
Question | Answer |
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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 |