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.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

means to shrink, wrinkle, or wither

• topple

• withered

• plunging

• shrivel

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

when something is falling or moving downward very quickly

• scoffed

• topple

• prospector

• plunging

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

something that has dried up from heat or lack of moisture

• withered

• plunging

• scoffed

• settlement

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

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

• settlement

• topple

• scoffed

• territories

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

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

• plunging

• territories

• prospector

• withered

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

to express ridicule and contempt toward an idea

• prospector

• scoffed

• settlement

• shrivel

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

means to collapse or fall

• withered

• shrivel

• plunging

• topple

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4