Tangerine Vocabulary Set One

An educated guess about what will happen, based on background knowledge and evidence.

They both asked about his high school exploits back in Houston. They admired his varsity ring

What is the reason that Paul and his mom call the fire department?

Erik Fisher, Paul's brother, plays what position in football?

I was watching a huge bird of prey circling overhead. It was an osprey

They plan communities with nice houses, and schools, and industrial parks. They create jobs.

There's a guardhouse on the island, built to keep out the serfs, or the vandals or whoever. 

I _________ that the blur in the water is a shark.

Lignite is, like, one step before coal. There's hundreds of miles of it under here.

An educated guess or conclusion based on evidence

What novel are we reading in language arts class?

I ___________ that the man will be eaten by the shark

Do I really have to provide you with an example of what constitutes an emergency?

Tangerine Vocab: Any new development like this has to have a retention pond for storm runoff

We sat, listening to the beating rain noise for a few minutes, then it abruptly stopped.

Which of the following natural disasters did we NOT discuss in class?

I turned back around and looked west down our street at the receding line of black mailboxes.

Tangerine Vocab: We drove to the adjoining campuses of the high school and the middle school

What does Paul's mom tell the principal that irritates Paul?