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Book 5 · Pre-middle school
Chapter 19 · List 19 · Lost city
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dormant (adj)
In a sleeplike state; inactive.
elegant (adj)
Showing good taste; refined.
erupt (v)
To break out suddenly.
excavate (v)
To dig out; to uncover by digging.
fume (n / v)
Smoke or gas; to show anger.
lava (n)
Melted rock that flows from a volcano.
painstaking (adj)
Taking great care.
perish (v)
To die; to be destroyed.
populate (v)
To live in; to fill with people.
prelude (n)
Something that comes before; an introduction.
renowned (adj)
Famous; well-known.
scalding (adj)
Hot enough to burn.
stupendous (adj)
Amazingly great.
suffocate (v)
To die from lack of air; to choke.
tremor (n)
A trembling movement.