Vocabulary Review Week 11/1

What does the word disturbance mean as used in the paragraph?

• A type of tsunami

• A series a large waves

• An event that interupts the peace

• A rare event

What word or phrase in the text helps you understand the word recedes?

• Suddenly

• or draws back

• then roars forward

• violently

What does the word surging mean as used in the text?

• high waves

• moving forward quickly

• To recede

• To crash into

What clues in the text best help you understand the word surging? (select two)

• crash into land at speeds of 500 miles per hour

• or draws back

• 30 to 100 feet

• and then roars forward violently

What does the word expel mean?

• to starve and die

• to become stressed

• or push out

• rise in temperature

Write a sentence using 3 of the following words:

 

displaced  

disturbance  

surging  

expel

 

 

What does the word context clue mean as use in the paragraph?

• A large amount

• to disturb

• to move

• an event