12A Vocabulary

We love to explore new cities.

• give a quick look

• protect

• learn more about a place or topic

There is an immense tree in the yard.

• Very large, huge

• Small, tiny bush

• with no leaves

The stars are luminous tonight.

• Very bright and glowing

• Very dim, not very visable

• Very large

I desperately needed a sip of water.

• not at all

• somewhat

• urgently

Colorado has a vast mountain range known as the Rockies.

• very small

• very large

• medium sized

The woman surfed on colossal waves.

• Very large, big

• small

• dreadful

The teacher asked me to revise my ideas.

• change or rewrite

• hurt or damage

• stop or quit

The dark clouds loomed overhead.

• saved or protected

• shrank into the shadows

• tower over

I checked out a nonfiction book from the library.

• about real things, true stories

• about things that are not real

• cartoons or drawings

The teacher wants a summary of that book.

• make a drawing

• written report

• short description