Nature at Work / Mississippi Solo Vocab

to have an influence on or create a change in something

• affect

• bewilder

• ensure

• splinter

a part or aspect of something

• element

• refute

• splinter

• circumstance

to make sure or certain

• ensure

• select

• participate

• affect

to be active & involved in something; to share in something

• participate

• specify

• memoir

• ensure

to state exactly or in detail what you want or need

• specify

• defy

• pontificate

• participate

a large mass of snow, ice, dirt, or rocks falling quickly down a mountain

• avalanche

• tsunami

• earthquake

• kerfuffle

to prevent the passage of heat through something

• insulate

• ensure

• radiate

• snuggle

to break up into thin, sharp pieces

• splinter

• participate

• rubble

• meager

extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world

• ethereal

• pithy

• elemental

• Leonardo DiCaprio

a form of writing in which the author tells about personal experiences

• memoir

• dystopia

• science fiction

• historical