How Does a Hurricane Work and Tornado Twisters Vocabulary Practice.
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How Does a Hurricane
Workand
Tornado Twisters
VocabularyPractice
Tremendous
• Adjective• Extraordinarily great in size, amount, or
intensity• The people on the boat caught a tremendous
amount of fish!
Cluster
• Noun• A group of things held together; a bunch
• The cluster of grapes looked very tasty!
Increase
• Verb• To make greater in number, size, quantity, or
quality
• Because the little girl’s temperature continued to increase, her mom decided to take her to the doctor.
Release
• Verb• To let go or set free• They released the bird back into the sky once
his wing had healed.
Circulate
• Verb• To move or pass from place to place
• The teacher will circulate around the room while the students take their test.
Damage
• Noun• Injury or harm that reduces value or
usefulness
• The storm did severe damage to the town.
Surge
• Noun• A strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush,
or sweep
• I like to drink Surge to give me a surge of energy!
Simulation
• Noun• Imitation or enactment; used for testing
• NASA performs practice space walk simulations.
Evacuate
• Verb• To leave or empty an area
• People must evacuate the building during a fire drill.
Massive• Adjective• Large, heavy, and bulky
• The pizza was massive. It was even big enough to make the record books!
Funnel
• Noun• A cone shaped tube
• We used a funnel to get the chemical into the bottle.
Ominous
• Adjective• Indicating future danger or harm; threatening • The first battle was ominous in that it was
foreshadowing a violent war!
Debris
• Noun• The remains of anything broken down or
destroyed; rubble; ruins; the left behind remains
• The debris left from the party covered the room from top to bottom.
Collide
• Verb• To strike another with forceful contact; crash
• The cars collided together causing much damage!!
Survive
• Verb• To remain alive through difficult and
challenging circumstances
• Katniss Everdeen had to use her hunting skills to survive the Hunger Games.
Injury
• Noun• Harm or damage• The man had a severe leg injury due to his car
collision.