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6th ROTHMC 1-4 SMS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| It seemed to me that showing up at school during the August-like October morning, which was made for running through the forest and wading barefoot in the pond, was ______________ enough. (p.4) | CONCESSION (def: the act of giving in or making a sacrafice) |
| ... I trudged along in moody silence, my brothers growing as __________________ quiet as I. (p.6) | PENSIVELY (def: thoughtfully) |
| "Well," said T.J., _______________ swinging into step with Stacey... (p.8) | JAUNTILY (Def: easy manner, lively and carefree) |
| T.J. smiled _________. (10) (when he overhead about the burning of the Berry's and knew something the children didn't) | SMUGLY (Def: too pleased with ones own goodness; clever) |
| he was often____________________ by the childrenat his school (p.14) | RIDICULE (Def: laughter, insult and making fun of) |
| "...two yellow busses, our own ________________, and another that brought students in a different direction" (p. 15) | TORMENENTOR (Def: a person or thing that causes great pain) |
| "I resolved to make the best of my rather _____________________ position." - decided to make the best of it (p.21) | DUBIOUS (Def: doubtful or uncertain) |
| "Suddently I grew conscious of a break in that _____________________ tone and I looked up."(p.22) I became aware of that something had change | MONOTONOUS mon ot on ous (Def: continuing in the same tone without change) |
| Always, ___________ neat, Little Man never allowed dirt or stains to mar anything he owned. (p.3-4) | METICULOUSLY (Def: extremely or excessively care |
| "Mother was ___________________ colored" (p.33) | TAWNY (Def: brownish yellow/orange color) |
| The hand-made furniture, including an a bed with an ___________________ headboard" (pg.36) | ORNATE (Def: elaborately ornamented) decorative |
| "he became more and more ___________________untilfinallyone day." (p.44) | EMBITTERED (Def: having bitter feelings) |
| "sun was slinking _____________________ behind the clouds" (p.46) | MEEK (Def: shy, quiet and obedient, making no protest) |
| Stacey & T.J. were fighting and... "Stacey ____________________ at T.J."(p.48) | GLOWERED (Def: scowled, and stared angrily) |
| "No we can't tell nobody about what we did to the bus!" declared Stacey ___________________" (p.64) | ADAMENTLY (Def: firm, unyielding, not giving in) |
| After taking the test questions, T.J. put his arm on Stacey's shoulder and ______________, "Friends gotta trust each other." (p.77) | CHIDED (Def: scolded) |
| "Stacy remained _______________and had little to do with him." (p.77) | ALOOF (Def: calm, uninvolved) |
| Cassie declared, "they didn't want to sell the land!" with an _____________________ nod. (pg.93) | EMPHATIC (Def: using or showing emphasis and special importance) |
| "big Ma was not one for ______________________ any of us" (p.45) | CODDLING (Def: to cherish and protect carefully) |
| working / farming a piese of land by a tenant who pays part of his/ her crop as rent to the owner. | sharcropping |
| they are _____________ tonight. | riding |
| execution / method of punishment by burning - murder | burning |
| a machine to separate cotton from its seeds | cotton gin |
| large bundle of cotton compressed and secured by wires, cords or ropes | cotton bale |
| to execute or punish violently without a lawful trial (tarring & feathering, bruning, hanging) | lynching |
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