8th Grade Chapter 3 Vocabulary

upkeep

• act of keeping something in proper condition

• great, sudden disaster

• deep passage with steep walls

• d. uproar

petition

• to stain the honor of

• to make a request

• to let out air or fumes

• to seek

lyrics

• one who helps in a crime

• troubled state of mind

• great, sudden disaster

• words of a song

flinch

• to make a request

• to drain

• to pass by

• to draw away

quirk

• extra element or feature

• odd behavior or mannerism

• great, sudden disaster

• uncontrollable fear or emotion

avenge

• to return some wrongdoing

• to use up

• to discourage

• to break down into parts

nominee

• one who helps in a crime

• person who is chosen as a political candidate

• noisy commotion or disturbance

• deep passage with steep wall

elapse

• to seek

• to draw away

• to slip away, usually with regard to time

• to let out air or fumes

catastrophe

• fumes or gases from an engine

  d. great, sudden disaster

• extra element or feature

• fear at danger or trouble

• great, sudden disaster

hysteria

• accident

• person who is nominated

• words of a song

• uncontrollable fear or emotion