How Does a Hurricane Work and Tornado Twisters Vocabulary Practice

Tremendous Adjective Extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity The people on the boat caught a tremendous amount of fish!

Cluster Noun A group of things held together; a bunch The cluster of grapes looked very tasty!

Increase Verb To make greater in number, size, quantity, or quality Because the little girl’s temperature continued to increase, her mom decided to take her to the doctor.

Release Verb To let go or set free They released the bird back into the sky once his wing had healed.

Circulate Verb To move or pass from place to place The teacher will circulate around the room while the students take their test.

Damage Noun Injury or harm that reduces value or usefulness The storm did severe damage to the town.

Surge Noun A strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep I like to drink Surge to give me a surge of energy!

Simulation Noun Imitation or enactment; used for testing NASA performs practice space walk simulations.

Evacuate Verb To leave or empty an area People must evacuate the building during a fire drill.

Massive Adjective Large, heavy, and bulky The pizza was massive. It was even big enough to make the record books!

Funnel Noun A cone shaped tube We used a funnel to get the chemical into the bottle.

Ominous Adjective Indicating future danger or harm; threatening The first battle was ominous in that it was foreshadowing a violent war!

Debris Noun The remains of anything broken down or destroyed; rubble; ruins; the left behind remains The debris left from the party covered the room from top to bottom.

Collide Verb To strike another with forceful contact; crash The cars collided together causing much damage!!

Survive Verb To remain alive through difficult and challenging circumstances Katniss Everdeen had to use her hunting skills to survive the Hunger Games.

Injury Noun Harm or damage The man had a severe leg injury due to his car collision.