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english exam
single shard, leons story, and spelling words
| leon tillage was a northerner | false |
|---|---|
| extract | to draw out |
| retire | to quit your job because of your age, or to sleep |
| obedient | to do what you are told |
| aroma | a fragrance or an odor |
| obstacles | something that gets in someone's way |
| companion | a friend |
| bland | lacking a strong taste or flavor |
| compatible | go well together |
| pedestrian | someone who journeys on foot |
| clustered | a group of people who are close together |
| brittle | fragile,not flexible |
| cultivate | to get the soil ready to plant a seed |
| assembly | a group of people |
| significant | important |
| monstrous | scary or big |
| assemble | to put together something |
| revive | to bring something/someone back to life |
| conquer | to deafeat |
| grim | sad |
| distract | to take one's attention away from their work |
| crave | to have a longing for |
| ancestor | someone who lived before you |
| carnivorous | flesh-eating |
| meddlesome | to get in someone's business |
| remote | to be far away in time or space |
| ascend | to rise, usually in a steady way |
| Leon grew up in fuquay, North Carolina | True |
| a sharecropper was someone who gave food to the community | False |
| Leon's family was always in debt to the farmer who owned the land | True |
| In America Leon and family were considered second best | True |
| Leon's parents relied on god to help them through bad times | True |
| Leon's father cared desperately about education | False |
| Mr. Clark kept the children safe when they were walking home from school | True |