Long Walk to Water novel vocabulary

A person who fights against authority

• guerillas

• rebel

• tribe

• chief

A fleshy, typically large fruit with hard skin, some varieties are edible

• grueling

• entrench

• frigid

• gourds

A state of feeling of great distress or discomfort of mind or body

• misery

• hoary

• ration

• aimless

A family group linked by culture or leader

• temporal

• rebel

• tribe

• ritual

A small band of fighters who weaken the enemy with surprise raids and hit and run attacks

• guerillas

• artillery

• droned

• adhere

Extremely cold, chilling

• frigid

• temporal

• dehydration

• impose

Cannons used for firing explosive shells

• artillery

• ration

• guerillas

• mortars

Large, heavy guns or cannons which are often moved on wheels

• artillery

• mortars

• aimless

• guerilla

Relating to the everyday world as opposed to that which is spiritual or eternal

• ritual

• scurry

• temporal

• tribe

grey or white with age

• hoary

• misery

• ration

• grueling