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Week 9 -10 Words
A Long Walk to Water Ch. 12 - 18
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Administration | the group of people who manage or direct an institution |
| Aloft | high up in or into the air |
| Civic | of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals |
| Clangor | a loud resonant repeating noise |
| Despair | a state in which all hope is lost or absent |
| Din | a loud, harsh, or strident noise |
| Isolated | remote and separate physically or socially |
| Plague | cause to suffer a blight |
| Shanty | a small crude shelter used as a dwelling |
| Telltale | disclosing unintentionally |
| Threadbare | thin or tattered with age |
| Torrent | a violently fast stream of water or other liquid |
| Welter | a confused multitude of things |