Year 8 Unit 7: Disaster!
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Name: __________ Class: _____ No: _____ Teacher: __________ Parent: __________ Date: __________
adversity, allay, avalanche, collide, damage, destroy, earthquake, prelude, protect, warn
1.� : v. to allay a fear or doubt is to calm a fear or doubt.
3.� : v. to damage something beyond repair
4.� : v. (especially of moving objects) to hit something violently, to clash
5.� : n. when a large amount of snow falls down the side of a mountain
6.� : n. a difficult or unlucky situation or event
7.� : n. harm caused by someone or something
8.� : v. to tell someone that something bad may happen in the future; to caution someone
9.� : n. something that comes before an important event or introduces or prepares for it
10.� : v. to keep someone or something safe from something dangerous or bad
Part�2:
alive, deluge, devastation, injure, jeopardy, raze, respite, Richter Scale, scared, terrible
1.� : n. a pause or rest from something difficult or unpleasant
2.� : n. a system used to measure the strength of an earthquake
3.� : adj. very unpleasant or serious, or of low quality
4.� : v. to hurt a person, animal, or part of your body
5.� : n. in danger of being damaged or destroyed
6.� : v. to completely destroy something
7.� : adj. frightened or worried
8. �: n. a very large amount of rain or water
9.� : adj. living, not dead
