Vocabulary Unit 5 Week 2

is a place where people live when they first arrive in an area that is new to them

• plunging

• prospector

• settlement   

• territories

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

means to shrink, wrinkle, or wither

• topple

• withered

• plunging

• shrivel

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

when something is falling or moving downward very quickly

• scoffed

• topple

• prospector

• plunging

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.6

something that has dried up from heat or lack of moisture

• withered

• plunging

• scoffed

• settlement

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RI.4.4

large areas of land where people start living in a region new to them

• settlement

• topple

• scoffed

• territories

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

is a person who looks gold, silver, or other minerals in the ground

• plunging

• territories

• prospector

• withered

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

to express ridicule and contempt toward an idea

• prospector

• scoffed

• settlement

• shrivel

Tags

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.4.6

means to collapse or fall

• withered

• shrivel

• plunging

• topple

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A