Wonders Grade 4 Unit 5 Week 2

To _____ means to collapse or fall.

• wither

• shrivel

• topple

• settle

A _____ looks for gold, silver, or other minerals in the ground.

• prospector

• settlement

• territory

• scoff

Something that is _____ has dried up from heat or lack of moisture.

• plunging

• withered

• scoffed

• shriveled

A _____ is a place where people live when they first arrive in an area.

• territory

• prospector

• settlement

• topple

When something is _____ it, it is falling or moving downward very quickly.

• shriveling

• withering

• scoffing

• plunging

To have ______ at an idea is to have expressed ridicule or contempt toward it.

• plunged

• scoffed

• topled

• withered

_____ are large areas of land where people start living in a region new to them.

• territories

• settlelments

• prospectors

• scoffs

Tony's sister _____ at his dream of becoming an Olympic athlete.

• scoffed

• plunged

• shriveled

The line of dominoes began to _____ over slowly.

• wither

• topple

• shrivel

We watched the dog jump off the rock and go _____ into the lake.

• toppling

• shriveling

• plunging