Lesson 21: Hurricanes: Earth’s Mightiest Storms
Whirling
Spinning rapidly in a circle
Intelligent
To have the ability to learn, think, and understand
Shallow
Not deep
Exhausted
Tired with no energy
Progress
Improving
Rapidly
With great speed, quickly, or very fast
Approve
To like and agree with it
Opportunities
Chances for a person to do something
Suffered
Felt pain or great sadness
Average
Typical or normal
Promptly
To do something right away
Informed
To have information or knowledge
Customs
Common ways of behaving in a society
Companion
Someone who spends time with you
Calculated
Worked with numbers to find an answer
Feats
Difficult actions
Denied
Not allowed
Devised
Planned in one’s mind
Inseparable
People or things that are always together
A machine with movable working parts
Racket
A loud, bothersome noise
Candidates
People who are hoping to be chosen for a job or to win an election
Evaporate
When liquids become gases
Enclosure
An area that is fenced off and used for a special purpose
Dispute
To say that something is not true