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Roll of Thunder 9-12
Vocab for Chapters 9 through 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| caress | touch in loving manner |
| compassion | deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with a desire to help |
| condescending | dealing with a person as though he or she were inferior |
| crescendo | a loud gradual increase in loudness or intensity |
| despicable | deserving to be scorned; contemptible |
| despondently | in a way that shows great sadness |
| furrowed | having long trenches or ditches |
| grimace | to make sharp contortion |
| gruffly | in a brusque or stern matter |
| immobilize | unable to move |
| muffle | to wrap or pad in order to deaden the sound of something |
| persnickety | very picky |
| premature | occuring before the assigned time |
| resigned | unresisting, yielding |
| vulnerability | weakness, disadvantage |