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Roll of Thunder C
novel
Question | Answer |
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admonish | to warn somebody |
raucous | a mean person |
pensive | dreaming or thinking |
undaunted | not scared |
transposed | to change |
penchant | a habit |
temerity | very bold |
Imperious | arrogant |
scoff | being ridiculed or rejected |
fibrous | stringy |
gait | walking |
formidable | tremendous |
penetrating | to puncture or go through |
glared | to stare angrily |
lynched | to hang some one with a slip not lynching their throat |
resiliency | to be bouncy of stretchy |
donned | putting on a piece of clothing |
embittered | causing someone to be bitter |
coddling | overprotective |
relent | to let up |
precariously | dangerously or to be unsafe |
cloaking | to hide |
pact | an agreement or treaty |
listless | lacking energy or enthusiasm |
expound | to present a theory or idea |
prevail | to triumph of win |
feign | to pretend or simulate |
emphatic | giving emphasis |
vex | to irk or annoy |
patronize | to support |
warily | Cautiously or carefully |
wheedle | to coax |
teeming | to have many |
clabber | sour mild or cottage cheese |
humiliate | to make humble or to embarrass |
retaliate | to go against |
malevolent | evil minded |
falter | to hesitate |
audible | able to be heard |
nattily | with smartness |
aloofness | emotional distance |
moping | to be sad |
reprimand | rebuke |
reverently | to show respect |
spindly | long tall or thin |
placid | quiet |
placid | quiet |
eviction | to make someone leave their home |
revenue | income |
denote | to indicate |
insolent | bold |
impaled | to puncture or stick in |
fuming | very mad |
feigned | to mock |
barren | nothing around |
interjected | to blurt or butt in |
bewildered | stunned |
fallow | not ready to plant in |
lingered | hung around |
amenities | greetings |
lilt | cadence |
rile | to stir up |
premature | early |
agitated | to make angry |
prod | to poke |
lethargic | sleepy |
amble | to walk or move slow |
complex | complicated |
reproach | scold or blame |
sweltering | very hot |
en masse | in a group |
desolate | nothing around |
despicable | vile |
vulnerability | be unprotected |
hastened | quickly |
interminable | endless |
akimbo | with hands on hips and elbows turned |
rasped | make a harsh grating noise |
emitted | to let out |
prone | happens often |