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6 LWFW Vocab 2
6th Grade A Long Walk for Water Vocab Quiz 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Terror | noun a state of intense or overwhelming fear |
| Furrowed | verb to make or form furrows, grooves, wrinkles, or lines |
| Prod | verb to incite to action |
| Shirttail | noun the part of a shirt that reaches below the waist especially in the back |
| Despite | noun an act showing contempt or defiance |
| Cot | noun a small usually collapsible bed often of fabric stretched on a frame |
| Haunches | noun hip or hindquarter |
| Gaily | adverb in a happy manner |
| Pedal | noun a foot lever or treadle by which a part is activated in a mechanism |
| Abundance | noun an ample quantity |
| Monotonous | adjective marked by a sameness of pitch and intensity |
| Cassava | noun any of several American plants (genus Manihot, especially M. esculenta) of the spurge family grown in the tropics for their edible tuberous roots which yield a nutritious starch |
| Doses | noun the measured quantity of a therapeutic agent to be taken at one |
| Dismounted | verb to throw down or remove from a mount or an elevated position |
| Horizon | noun the line where the earth seems to meet the sky : the apparent junction of earth and sky |
| Atout | noun people of the lions |
| Staggered | verb to move on unsteadily |
| Reed | noun any of various tall grasses with slender often prominently jointed stems that grow especially in wet areas |
| Lakebed | noun the depression occupied by a lake |
| Whimper | verb to make a low whining plaintive or broken sound |