UNIT 15

DISASTER

• N. Something that causes great damage or harm
• Disastrous-adj. causing much damage or harm

FLEE

• V. To run away from danger or from something frightening
• Fled-past tense

FRACTURE

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

IMMENSE

• Adj. great in size or extent
• Great in degree.

INTENSE

• Adj. very strong; very great
• Showing great depth of feeling
• Intensity-n. Great strength or force

INVESTIGATE

• V. To look into closely
• To study in great detail

LURCH

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

MAJOR

• Adj. great in size, number, or importance
• N. A military officer just above a captain in rank
• The main subject a student is studying
• V. To study as one's most important subject

MINOR

• Adj. small, unimportant
• N. A person who is not yet an adult; a child

PETRIFY

• V. To make rigid with terror; terrify
• To change into a stonelike substance

PREDICT

• V. To 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. To fall or push over
• To overthrow

URBAN

• Adj. Having to do with cities

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