A Long Walk to Water, Vocabulary 2019

Veer means to:

• revolve

• swerve

• canter

• shimmer

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CCSS.L.7.4A

He snuffed the frosty air, and, heaving a deep groan, he said, "And I am old Stephen Sly’s son, after all."

In this sentence, heaving means:

• flinging

• uttering

• retching

• hoisting

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

What word means "never-ceasing"?

• Ritual

• Relentless

• Drone

• Riddle

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RL.7.4

What word means "to pull back"?

• Maintain

• Riddle

• Recede

• Drench

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.RI.7.4

What word means "very thin from disease or hunger"?

• Emaciated

• Shanty

• Aloft

• Gingerly

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.4D

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is the meaning of "terrain"?

• In a manner marked by extreme care

• Pierce with many holes

• A piece of ground having specific characteristics

• The act of persisting

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.4D

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is the meaning of "drench"?

• Cover with liquid

• Lift or elevate

• Make a monotonous low dull sound

• A confused multitude of things

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.4D

CCSS.RI.7.4

What word means "an overwhelming number or amount"?

• Shanty

• Recede

• Welter

• Torrent

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What word means "the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies"?

• Terrain

• Ritual

• Torrent

• Riddle

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CCSS.L.7.4A

What does "monotonous" mean?

• Spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch.

• Turn sharply.

• At or on.

• To swing back and forth.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.4D

CCSS.RI.7.4