PEOPLE & BELIEFS
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS & PROTEST
HELPING OTHERS
WAVES & THE OCEAN
NATURAL DISASTERS
100

This noun means a person who does not eat meat.

vegetarian

100

This verb means to walk together with a group to show you believe in something.

march

100

This noun means help or support given to someone in need. "The Red Cross provides ___ after disasters."

aid

100

This adjective describes anything that is below the surface of the sea.

underwater

100

This adjective describes something that is not deep, like a kiddie pool.

shallow

200

This noun is a special name or word used to address someone, like "Doctor" or "President."

title

200

This verb means to refuse to buy something as a form of protest.

boycott

200

This adjective describes a person who has no home to live in.

homeless

200

This is the very top part of a wave.

crest

200

This noun is what you call it when a lot of dirt and rocks fall down a mountain.

landslide

300

This adjective describes a person, rule, or teacher that is very serious and does not allow exceptions.

strict

300

This noun means an organized group of people working together to change something in society.

movement

300

This verb means to have an effect on someone or something. "The flood will ___ thousands of families.

affect

300

This adjective means something is extremely large or huge. "The tsunami was an ___ wall of water."

immense

300

This verb means something happens or takes place. "Earthquakes ___ without warning."

occur

400

This verb describes what you do when you feel very sad because someone has died.

mourn

400

These two words name the rights that every person should have as a member of their country, like the right to vote.

civil rights

400

This noun means people working together toward the same goal.

cooperation

400

This noun describes the size or importance of something. "The ___ of the disaster shocked the world."

magnitude

400

Scientists use this special tool to measure how strong an earthquake is.

Richter scale

500

In the story of Gandhi, he did this with cotton — using his hands to twist raw fiber into thread.

spin

500

This verb means to kill an important or famous person, usually for political reasons.

assassinate

500

This verb means to write down or save information so people can look at it later.

record

500

This adjective means something is well-known for a very bad reason. "That storm is ___ for destroying an entire city."

infamous

500

This adjective means the biggest or highest possible amount. "The ___ wind speed was 200 km/h."

maximum