Lessons 15-16

Question 1

disaster

Answer 1

n. something that causes great damage or harm

(disastrous) adj. causing much damage or harm

Question 2

flee

Answer 2

v. run away from damage or from something frightening

Question 3

fracture

Answer 3

n. crack or break, as in metal or bone

v. crack or break

Question 4

immense

Answer 4

adj. great in size or extent; great in degree

Question 5

intense

Answer 5

adj. very strong; very great

(intensity) n. great strength or force

Question 6

investigate

Answer 6

v. look into closely; study in great detail

Question 7

lurch

Answer 7

v. move forward or to tone side suddenly and unexpectedly

n. jerking or swaying movement

Question 8

major

Answer 8

adj. great in size, number, or importance
n. military officer just above a captain in rank; main subject a student is studying
v. study as one’s most important subject

Question 9

minor

Answer 9

adj. small; unimportant

n. person who is not yet an adult; child

Question 10

petrify

Answer 10

v. make rigid with terror; terrify; change into a stone-like substance

Question 11

predict

Answer 11

v. say what will happen before it takes place

(prediction) n. something that is predicted

Question 12

prone

Answer 12

adj. likely to have or do; lying face downward

Question 13

sparse

Answer 13

adj. thinly grown or spread; not crowded

Question 14

topple

Answer 14

v. fall or push over; overthrow

Question 15

urban

Answer 15

adj. having to do with cities

Question 16

abdicate

Answer 16

v. give up a high office

Question 17

assume

Answer 17

v. take for granted; suppose; take over; occupy; pretend to have

Question 18

bungle

Answer 18

v. do something badly or without skill

Question 19

dominate

Answer 19

v. rule or control; have a very important place or position; rise high above

Question 20

former

Answer 20

adj. coming before in time; having been at an earlier time

n. first of two just mentioned

Question 21

guardian

Answer 21

n. one who protects; one who legally has the care of another person

Question 22

hoist

Answer 22

v. lift or raise, especially by using a rope

n. something used to lift, as a crane or pulley

Question 23

intercept

Answer 23

v. stop or seize something while it is on its way somewhere

Question 24

jubilee

Answer 24

n. celebration of an anniversary, especially a fiftieth anniversary or beyond

Question 25

kin

Answer 25

adj. related by birth or marriage
n. pl. (also kinfolk) relatives; family
(next of kin) person most closely related to person

Question 26

pardon

Answer 26

v. forgive; free from legal punishment

n. act of forgiving or freeing from legal punishment

Question 27

proclaim

Answer 27

v. make known publicly; announce

Question 28

provoke

Answer 28

v. annoy or make angry; call forth; rouse

(provocative) adj. calling forth anger, amusement, or thoughtfulness; trying to cause a response

Question 29

reign

Answer 29

v. rule as a queen or king; be widespread

n. rule of a queen or king; time during which a person rules

Question 30

riot

Answer 30

n. public disorder or violence; great and seemingly disordered quantity of something
v. take part in a disorder