Unit 5: Week 4

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  1. armor
    tough, rigid, protective covering of an animal or plant
    What effect would a bullet have on the armor that encases the bodies of these monsters?
  2. encase
    cover or enclose with or as if with an outer covering
    What effect would a bullet have on the armor that encases the bodies of these monsters?
  3. extinct
    no longer in existence
    They were making their calculations, of course, from the fossilized bones of creatures they imagined had been extinct for millions of years.
  4. hideous
    so extremely ugly as to be terrifying
    "And beyond it...a crocodile! But who ever saw such a crocodile! Such hideous jaws! Such terrible teeth!"
  5. plunge
    dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity
    Though, suddenly, most of the creatures have plunged under the surface and are no longer to be seen, they leave behind a mighty crocodile and a prodigious sea serpent: and they are making toward us, and the end seems near.
  6. serpent
    limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
    Though, suddenly, most of the creatures have plunged under the surface and are no longer to be seen, they leave behind a mighty crocodile and a prodigious sea serpent: and they are making toward us, and the end seems near.
  7. uproar
    a state of commotion and noise and confusion
    We are at the center of the most tremendous uproar!
  8. ghastly
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
    Here, a turtle, forty feet wide: here, a serpent even longer, its ghastly head peering out of the water.
  9. primitive
    characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
    And ours are the first human eyes ever to look at these great primitive reptiles!
  10. writhe
    move in a twisting or contorted motion
    But bit by bit the great writhings die down, and at last the plesiosaurus lies dead on the surface.
Created on Fri Jul 17 10:57:40 EDT 2020 (updated Mon Jul 20 15:53:29 EDT 2020)

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