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Dust bowl Vocab
Children of the Dust Bowl vocab
Term | Definition |
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Masonry | brickwork or stonework |
Cobbler | making or repairing shoes |
Makeshift | temporary replacement |
Mediocre | not very good; average |
Migration | movement from one place to another |
Denounce | harsh criticism of people in front of other people |
Adversity | difficulties or misfortunes |
Ridicule | the act of making fun of someone or something in a cruel or harsh way : mean or unkind comments or behavior |
Cannery | a factory where food is canned |
Hostile | unfriendly |
Mob/Mot | move |
MOTive | a reason for doing something |
Tract | pull or draw |
deTRACT | reduce the strength, value, or importance of something |
Tend/Tent/Tens | stretch or give |
exTEND | to cause something, as in your arm or leg, to straighten or stretch out |