INTOREADING The Alaska Earthquake and Quaking Earth Vocab.

existing or coming before in time, order, or importance.

• predecessor
• prior

• follower
• successor

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

the great size or extent of something.

• size
• magnitude
• volume
• extent

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.RI.5.4

meaning "actually," and we use it when we want others to know we're serious, not exaggerating or being metaphorical.

• figurative

• literally

• metaphorical

• actually not

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

the process of preserving someone or something, or the state of being maintained.

• maintenance

• Conservation
• Destruction
• Neglect

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.RI.5.4

(of lines, planes, surfaces, or objects) side by side and having the same distance continuously between them.

• Adjacent
• Perpendicular
• Intersecting
• Parallel

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

of, at, toward, or from the side or sides.

• diagonal
• horizontal

• lateral

• sideways

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

the action or process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired.

• Destruction
• Construction
• Preservation
• Maintenance

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.RI.5.4

1. (of a mechanism) activated by a trigger.

   "a triggered alarm"

   • (of a response) caused by particular action, process, or situation.

     "a triggered memory of his childhood"

• activated
• initiated
• stimulated
• triggered

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.RI.5.4

push (something or someone) suddenly or violently in the specified direction.

• thrust

• provide

• itchy

• pulling

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

emit (energy, especially light or heat) in the form of rays or waves.

• absorb
• reflect
• transmit
• radiate

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4