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Vocabulary for
"Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry"





Students should find vocabualry word in the book write down the page number and the contextual meaning of each word.

Chapter 1                Chapter 2&3
meticulous                sinewy
testily                       formidable
pensive                     caravan
quizzical                   inaccessible
maverick                  glowered
                                 conspiratorially

Chapter 4                Chapter 5&6
listless                        wary
riveting                       chignon
disfigurement              malevolent
discourse                     languid
wizened                      falter

Chapter 7&8            Chapter 9&10
inaudible                     fallow
collateral                     furrow
generated                    exasperation
banish                          ventured
affirmed                        despondent
prophesy                       lethargic

Chapter 11&12
despicable
interminable
placid
crescendo
billowed

Other Vocabulary
sharecropping                grasping
chiffonier                        concentrate
ploy                                corduroy
mercantile                       mar
nape                                concession
goaded                            intriguing
feigned                            disposition
joval                                restrain
chain gang                       scarlet haze
kin                                    briars
imbolized                         frantically
amenities                          towheaded
 

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