Vocabulary Unit 1: Weeks 1 & 2

Alter

• to make different or change

• fall down or cave in

• great damage or ruin

• to hurry up

Collapse

• when something is very harsh or serious

• a difficult or dangerous situation

• fall down or cave in

• great damage or ruin

Crisis

• something that can cause harm or injury

• when something is of a great amount or size

• a difficult or dangerous situation

• when something is very harsh or serious

Hazard

• something that can cause harm or injury

• great damage or ruin

• fall down or cave in

• something that is very harsh or serious

Severe

• when something is very harsh or serious

• to make different or change

• a difficult or dangerous situation

• great damage or ruin

Substantial

• to tell how two things are alike

• to make different or change

• a difficult or dangerous situation

• when something is of great amount or size

Unpredictable

• Predictable

• not able to tell beforehand

• a made up story

• an author's reason for writing a story

Destruction

• great damage or ruin

• to make different or change

• fall down or cave in

• something that can cause harm or injury

Compare

• to tell how two things are alike

• to tell how two things are different

• to say one thing is the other

• a made up story

Contrast

• to tell how two things are alike

• to tell how two things are different

• to hurry up

• real facts (not made up)