Lessons 15-16 Flashcards
disaster
n. something that causes great damage or harm
(disastrous) adj. causing much damage or harm
flee
v. run away from damage or from something frightening
fracture
n. crack or break, as in metal or bone
v. crack or break
immense
adj. great in size or extent; great in degree
intense
adj. very strong; very great
(intensity) n. great strength or force
investigate
v. look into closely; study in great detail
lurch
v. move forward or to tone side suddenly and unexpectedly
n. jerking or swaying movement
major
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
minor
adj. small; unimportant
n. person who is not yet an adult; child
petrify
v. make rigid with terror; terrify; change into a stone-like substance
predict
v. say what will happen before it takes place
(prediction) n. something that is predicted
prone
adj. likely to have or do; lying face downward
sparse
adj. thinly grown or spread; not crowded
topple
v. fall or push over; overthrow
urban
adj. having to do with cities
abdicate
v. give up a high office
assume
v. take for granted; suppose; take over; occupy; pretend to have
bungle
v. do something badly or without skill
dominate
v. rule or control; have a very important place or position; rise high above
former
adj. coming before in time; having been at an earlier time
n. first of two just mentioned
guardian
n. one who protects; one who legally has the care of another person
hoist
v. lift or raise, especially by using a rope
n. something used to lift, as a crane or pulley
intercept
v. stop or seize something while it is on its way somewhere
jubilee
n. celebration of an anniversary, especially a fiftieth anniversary or beyond
kin
adj. related by birth or marriage
n. pl. (also kinfolk) relatives; family
(next of kin) person most closely related to person
pardon
v. forgive; free from legal punishment
n. act of forgiving or freeing from legal punishment
proclaim
v. make known publicly; announce
provoke
v. annoy or make angry; call forth; rouse
(provocative) adj. calling forth anger, amusement, or thoughtfulness; trying to cause a response
reign
v. rule as a queen or king; be widespread
n. rule of a queen or king; time during which a person rules
riot
n. public disorder or violence; great and seemingly disordered quantity of something
v. take part in a disorder
