Zane and the Hurricane Chapters 1-10 Vocabulary Quiz

A statement that makes a serious situation seem smaller or less important.

• surge

• typical

• understatement

• pavement

To pass from a higher to a lower place or level.

• descend

• evaluation

• mandatory

• invade

A sudden, strong forward or upward movement, or a rapid increase in something.

• madatory

• abandon

• relent

• surge

Something that is usual or common.

• mandatory

• typical

• invade

• convince

You have to do it - a rule or a law.

• relent

• elevate

• invade

• mandatory

A careful study of something in order to judge or measure it.

• understatement

• abandon

• evaluation

• typical

To leave something behind and not come back or take care of it anymore.

To give up something completely.

• dimness

• relent

• abandon

• pavement

To become less severe, harsh, or strict.

To allow something that you had refused to allow before.

• relent

• convince

• understatement

• evaluation

A hard surface that's covered in concrete or asphalt, like a road or a driveway.

• dimness

• elevate

• convince

• pavement

To lift up or make higher; to raise.

• elevate

• typical

• convince

• invade