Unit 3: Selection Vocabulary 3

This list covers "Everybody Jump" and Hoot.
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  1. scenario
    a postulated sequence of possible events
    At the start of the scenario, the entire Earth’s population has been magically transported together into one place.
  2. rigid
    incapable of or resistant to bending
    On average, we humans can vertically jump maybe half a meter on a good day. Even if the Earth were rigid and responded instantly, it would be pushed down by less than an atom’s width.
  3. compatible
    capable of being used with or connected to other devices
    Within seconds, the rest of the world’s five billion phones follow. All of them—even those compatible with the region’s towers—are displaying some version of “NO SIGNAL”.
  4. capacity
    the amount that can be contained
    The T. F. Green airport in Warwick, Rhode Island handles a few thousand passengers a day. Assuming they got things organized (including sending out scouting missions to retrieve fuel), they could run at 500% capacity for years without making a dent in the crowd.
  5. coalesce
    mix together different elements
    The state becomes a patchwork chaos of coalescing and collapsing social hierarchies.
  6. ambush
    wait in hiding to attack
    The older kids were supposed to stay in the back of the bus, but Dana had snuck up behind Roy's seat and ambushed him.
  7. expression
    the feelings shown on a person's face
    The expression on his face was intent and serious.
  8. intent
    giving or marked by complete attention to
    The expression on his face was intent and serious.
  9. require
    consider obligatory
    Trace Middle School didn't have the world's strictest dress code, but Roy was pretty sure that some sort of footwear was required.
  10. bound
    move forward by leaping
    Roy saw a big pointy-eared dog, probably a German shepherd, bound off somebody's porch and go for the boy.
Created on Fri Nov 06 15:17:38 EST 2020 (updated Wed Nov 11 14:36:39 EST 2020)

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