Lesson 15

Question 1

Disaster

Answer 1

N. Something that cause great damage or harm.

Question 2

Flee

Answer 2

V. To run away from danger or from something frightening.

Question 3

Fracture

Answer 3

N. A crack or break, as in metal or bone.
V. To crack or break.

Question 4

Immense

Answer 4

Adj. 1. great in size, extent, or degree.

Question 5

Intense

Answer 5

Adj. very strong; very great.

Question 6

Investigate

Answer 6

V. To look into closely; to study in great detail.

Question 7

Lurch

Answer 7

V. To move forward or to one side suddenly and unexpectedly.
N. A jerking or swaying movement.

Question 8

Major

Answer 8

Adj. great in size, number, or importance.
N. 1. A military officer just above the rank of a captain.
2. The main subject a student is studying.

Question 9

Minor

Answer 9

Adj. small; unimportant.
N. A person who is not yet an adult.

Question 10

Petrify

Answer 10

V. 1. To make rigid with terror.
2. To change into a stone-like substance.

Question 11

Predict

Answer 11

V. To say what will happen before it takes place.

Question 12

Prone

Answer 12

Adj. 1. Likely to have or do.
2. Lying face downward.

Question 13

Sparse

Answer 13

Adj. 1. Thinly grown or spread.
2. Not crowded.

Question 14

Topple

Answer 14

V. 1. To fall or push over.
2. To overthrow.

Question 15

Urban

Answer 15

Adj. having to do with cities.