Vocabulary Builder Course 5

Lesson 31:

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Introduction
Students have read “Context Clues: Reading in the Social Studies” and completed three exercises to learn the following new vocabulary words: bulwark, calamity, disperse, laden, pernicious, placid, procure, relic, relinquish, and salvage. 

Lesson Description
Students will complete a crossword, using all of the above vocabulary.

Instructional Objectives
Students will be able to match word definitions with their respective vocabulary terms.

Student Web Activity Answers
bulwark: A/An __________ is a means of defense or protection.
calamity: A/An __________ is a great misfortune or disaster.
disperse: To break up or scatter in different directions
laden: Loaded, burdened, or afflicted
pernicious: A/An __________ person causes great harm or destruction.
placid: Calm, quiet, peaceful
procure: To get or obtain, especially with effort
relic: Something from the past, especially something of historic interest
relinquish: To __________ something is to give up control of it or abandon it.
salvage: To save from loss or destruction, or property that is saved

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