Long Walk to Water Vocabulary Chapters 7-9

the line where the earth or sea seems to meet the sky

• Canoe

• Horizon

• Rose

• Entrenched

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

a container made from the hard, dry skin of a gourd fruit. They are often used to carry water or for decoration.

• Worm-Rotten

• Gourd

• Ritual

• Artillery

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

a formal ceremony or series of acts that is always performed in the same way

• Scrub

• Terrain

• Ritual

• Stands

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

to move suddenly because you are afraid of being hit or hurt; to show fear : to hesitate from doing something unpleasant or dangerous

• Flinched

• Dehydration

• Horizon

• Rose

• Stunted

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

something that is doubtful or unknown

• Flinched

• Sorghum

• Luscious

• Horizon

• Uncertainty

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

large guns that are used to shoot over a great distance

• Canoe

• Grueling

• Artillery

• Grueling

• Scrub

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

to move upward, to become higher

• Rose

• Stunted

• Flinched

• Horizon

• Grueling

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

to place something in a very strong position that cannot easily be changed

• Entrenched

• Stunted

• Rose

• Dehydration

• Worm-Rotten

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

something that is very difficult; requiring great effort.

• Luscious

• Grueling

• Stunted

• Dehydration

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

to lose too much water; a harmful reduction in the amount of water in the body.

• Grueling

• Dehydration

• Entrenched

• Uncertainty

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4