Unit 4 Vocabulary Practice: The Marie Celeste & The Roanoke Settlers
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curse
deserted
eager
violence
1.
clues
huge
absences
identical
violently
damage
settled
odd
vanished
inspected
hostile
disappearance
crew
explanation
sank
descendants
The airplane ______vanished___________ when it flew over the Bermuda
Triangle. Nobody knows what happened to it.
2.
The detective looked for _____clues_________________ to solve the crime.
3.
The movie “Castaway” with Tom Hanks took place on a
___deserted___________ island.
4.
The nanny shook the baby ___violently_________ because he was crying a
long time. She was arrested by the police for her behavior.
5.
The student didn’t give an _____explanation_______ for not coming to class.
6.
The rock quickly _____sank___ to the bottom of the lake when I threw it in.
7.
She became ______hostile_________________ after she learned that her
friend lied to her about something important.
8.
Natural disasters _____damage________ buildings.
9.
My grandparents ___settled__________ in Pennsylvania after coming from
Europe.
10.
Many people in the USA are ____descendants______ of European origin.
11.
Many parents think that there is too much ____violence_______ on TV.
12.
The ____crew_________ is a group of people who work on a ship or plane.
13.
The ______disappearance__________ of the woman in Aruba is a mystery.
14.
If you have many ___absences_______ in my class, your grade will be lower.
15.
I think it is ___odd________ when people eat ketchup on their eggs.
16.
I am ____eager________ for the semester to end so I can go on vacation.
17.
Hurricane Wilma was a ______huge__________ hurricane.
18.
His boss ____inspected_________ his work to check the quality.
19.
Even though the girls are twins they do not look ____identical______.
20.
A witch put a ___curse______ on the prince and turned him into a frog.