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"America's Deadliest Disaster" Vocabulary

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

absurd

a)

ridiculous

b)

mean

c)

obnoxious

d)

funny

2.

churning

a)

calm

b)

opposite

c)

swirling or moving violently

d)

running in place

3.

debris

a)

materials that have been made into something else

b)

recycled plastic

c)

objects found in the ocean

d)

pieces of something that has been destroyed

4.

devouring

a)

chewing slowly and carefully

b)

biting in a hard way

c)

eating in a fast and hungry way

d)

swallowing without chewing

5.

immigrants

a)

people moving to a new country

b)

people traveling by boat

c)

people traveling by train

d)

moving into a new house down the street

6.

prediction

a)

an opinion on a topic

b)

the conclusion to a story

c)

statements about what you think is likely to happen in the future

d)

medicine prescribed by a doctor

7.

prone

a)

a type of fruit

b)

easily insulted

c)

contagious

d)

especially at risk for or likely to be affected by

8.

reclaim

a)

to get back

b)

to go after

c)

to make matters worse

d)

to give away

9.

surge

a)

an earthquake

b)

a type of thunder

c)

a sudden large and powerful movement, often created by water

d)

leftover materials found after a storm

10.

transforming

a)

to stay the exact same

b)

identical

c)

to act in a different way

d)

changing