Vocabulary Quiz Unit 12 The Flood

Flood:

• A sudden and severe overflow of water covering the land.

• The act of constructing a boat for escape.

• The warning was given by God in various legends.

• The oral retelling of stories through generations.

Immediate:

• The family members who survived the flood.

• The urgent warning about the impending disaster.

• The rapid construction of boats.

• The quick aftermath of the flood.

Recede:

• The act of constructing boats to escape the flood.

• The warning given by God.

• The decline or withdrawal of floodwaters.

• The repopulation of the Earth.

Repopulating:

• The warning about the flood in various legends.

• The process of constructing boats.

• The act of covering all the land with floodwaters.

• The effort to increase the population after the flood.

Striking:

• The similarity among different flood legends.

• The act of constructing boats.

• The warning was given by God in various legends.

• The decline or withdrawal of floodwaters.

Examination:

• The act of constructing boats to escape the flood.

• The careful analysis of similar elements in flood legends.

• The rapid construction of boats.

• The warning given by God.

Catastrophic:

• The decline or withdrawal of floodwaters.

• The act of constructing boats.

• The urgent warning about the impending disaster.

• A disastrous and widespread event, like a great flood.

Set About:

• The urgent warning about the impending disaster.

• The act of constructing boats.

• The process of covering all the land with floodwaters.

• The initiative to repopulate the Earth after the flood.

At Some Point:

• The rapid construction of boats.

• The immediate aftermath of the flood.

• A specific moment in the past, suggesting an ancient event.

• The decline or withdrawal of floodwaters.

Pass Down:

• The process of constructing boats.

• The act of covering all the land with floodwaters.

• The decline or withdrawal of floodwaters.

• The transmission of the flood story through generations by oral retellings.