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