Reading: Earthquake Terror

Vocabulary

Weeks #1-2 – November 2nd – 12th

Maneuver: To move or turn skillfully

Emerge: To appear or come out from somewhere

Sprawled: To be lying or sitting stretched out in a random or careless way

Bobbed: To move up and down

Clutched:To hold something tightly

Susceptible: Likely to suffer from a certain illness or be affected by a specific problem

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Weeks 3-4- November 16th – November 24th

Upheaval: Strong, sudden or violent change

Ominous: Making you feel that something bad is going to happen

Empathy: The ability to understand other people’s feelings and problems

Verge: To be very close to the edge, end or limit of something

Hoist: To raise, lift, or pull up something

Weary: Very tired or bored, especially because you have been doing something for a long time

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Weeks 5-6- November 30th – December 11th

Fatigue: great tiredness

Magnitude: the great size or importance of something

Predicament: a difficult or unpleasant situation in which you don’t know what to do or have to make a difficult choice

Silhouetted: the outline or general shape of something

Gauge: to measure something by using a particular method or tool

Hysterical: uncontrollably emotional