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BCS Roll of Thunder
"BCS" Roll of Thunder vocab chapter 1
Question | Answer |
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lagged | followed slowly behind |
meticulously | very carefully, paying attention to detail, very clean and neat |
concession | giving in, or yielding |
intriguing | extremely interesting, curiosity |
disposition | mood |
raucous | making a disturbingly, harsh noise |
pensively | serious or deep thought |
mortgage | money owed on a house |
barren | lacking vegetation, unproductive land |
emaciated | very thin from disease or hunger |
jauntily | buoyant self-confident air, brisk |
undaunted | not discouraged, courageous |
tidbit | very small amount |
morosely | gloomy, sullen, melancholy |
amiably | friendly, congenial |
underhanded | dishonestly |
gullies | ditches on the side of the road |
spewing | spitting out |
towheaded | blond haired |
loitering | lingering, hanging around |
traverse | travel |
dubious | uncertain |
marred | marked up, written on or defaced in some way |
unveiling | reveal, or make known |
audible | hear |
drone | talking that goes on and on, often monotonously |
sulky | pout |
vigorously | strong, energetic |
indignant | angered at something unjust or wrong |
diction | speech quality, enunciation, good word choice |