1. The Space Rock
Vocabulary

2. melancholy Noun; A feeling of sadness
2. Adjective; If someone or something looks melancholy, they look sad and depressed

3. smearing (smear)
Verb; to cover another object with a heavy oil or paste.
Verb; to rub and cause a smudge.

4. frightening
Adjective; terrifying or scary

5. embankment
a man-made ridge of dirt or stone that confines a waterway; the edge of a river

6. peculiar
Adjective; strange, unusual, odd.

7. commotion
Noun; a lot of noise, confusion, and movement

8. meteorite
Noun; a rocklike object that falls from the sky to Earth

9. traipsed
Verb; to walk tiredly
or heavily