Unit 3: Fleeing Katrina

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  1. hurricane
    a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds
  2. evacuate
    move out of an unsafe location into safety
  3. severe
    causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
  4. paranoid
    suffering from delusions of persecution or grandeur
  5. project
    imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
  6. category
    a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations
  7. necessity
    anything indispensable
  8. prom
    a formal dance held for a school class
  9. track
    a line or route along which something travels or moves
  10. levee
    an embankment built to prevent a river from overflowing
  11. cricket
    leaping insect with long antennae
  12. fortunate
    having unexpected good luck
  13. reality
    the state of the world as it is rather than as you want it
  14. demented
    affected with madness or insanity
  15. untouched
    not influenced or affected
  16. future
    the time yet to come
  17. reunion
    the act of coming together again
  18. immaculate
    completely neat and clean
Created on Fri Aug 05 14:11:16 EDT 2016 (updated Wed Aug 17 15:16:49 EDT 2016)

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