Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Vocabulary

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*Keep this vocabulary guide for our entire book! In parenthesis next to the vocabulary word are the part of speech and page number where the word can be found in the book.

Chapter 1

meticulously ( 3)

raucous ( 5)

pensively (6)

emaciated ( 8)

undaunted (8)

morosely (11)

disdainfully ( 11)

dismally (13)

milling ( 16)

reverberated 18)

dubious ( 21)

maverick ( 30)

Chapter 2

formidable ( 34)

ornate ( 36)

chiffonier (36)

Chapter 3

resiliency (42)

emitted (43)

donned (43)

flippantly ( 47)

wafted (48)

oblivious ( 51

disgruntled (56)

adamantly (64)

precariously (66)

Chapter 4

expounding (72)

discourse (72)

admonished (72)

feigned (74)

ransacked (91)

fathom (96)

proprietors ( 98)

Chapter 5

recoiled (111)

malevolently (112)

ambled (113)

balked (116)

Chapter 6

snidely (136)

languidly (137-138)

Chapter 7

defile (44)

interminable (144)

retorted (151)

insolently (168)

Chapter 8

pondered (176)

jovial (177)

sauntered (179)

bewildered (181)

indignant (192)

Chapter 9

lingered ( 196)

persnickety ( 197)

amenities ( 203)

lilting ( 206)

rile ( 209)

Chapter 10

poised ( 226) )

lethargically (227)

reproachfully ( 229)

Chapter 11

finality ( 245)

despicable ( 249)

crescendo ( 254)

Chapter 12

traipsing ( 258)

menacingly ( 260)

adamant (266)

remnants ( 268)