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Roll of Thunder C
novel
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |