Journeys 4th Grade Lesson 12 Vocabulary

to shake

• trembles

• wreakage

• slab

• tenement

the remains of something that has been wrecked or destroyed

• trembles

• wreakage

• slab

• possessions

a broad, flat, thick piece

• possessions

• debris

• slab

• timbers

something that is owned; a belonging

• rubble

• constructed

• timbers

• possessions

an old apartment house that is poorly maintained

• tenement

• crushing

• constructed

• slab

to press or squeeze down with great force, enough to brake or destroy

• trembles

• crushing

• slab

• possessions

broken or crumbled material, such as brick, that is left when a building falls down

• constructed

• tenement

• trembles

• rubble

the scattered remains of something broken or destroyed

• debris

• possessions

• timbers

• constructed

a long, heavy piece of wood for building

• slab

• constructed

• timbers

• wreckage

made by fitting parts together

• slab

• constructed

• timbers

• possessions