What Was Hurricane Katrina Vocab

Moving people out of a disaster or dangerous area into a safe place.

• evacuation

• jolt

• ferocious

• mandatory

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Fierce, savage, violently cruel.

• evacuation

• jolt

• ferocious

• mandatory

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

A sudden jerk or bump

• evacuation

• jolt

• ferocious

• mandatory

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Necessary, required

• evacuation

• jolt

• ferocious

• mandatory

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

falling apart; shaky; weak

• rickety

• wailing

• levee

• gushing

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

a long, loud, high-pitched cry as of grief or pain

• rickety

• wailing

• levee

• gushing

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

a raised embankment usually made of dirt or stone, meant to prevent flooding caused by a river or other body of water

• rickety

• wailing

• levee

• gushing

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

pouring out suddenly and in large amounts

• rickety

• wailing

• levee

• gushing

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

A huge storm that forms over warm ocean water; with strong winds and heavy rains

• rickety

• hurricane

• Wreckage

• gushing

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

the remains of something that has been destroyed; debris

• rickety

• hurricane

• Wreckage

• gushing

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1