Long Walk to Water Vocab. for Ch. 11-18

v. to search for food

• scavenging

• mourn

• prodding

• scythed

Answer explanation

“Some preferred to spend their time scavenging for food, or for items that could be traded for food.”

v. cut down

(a)  

• scythed
• mourn
• prodding
• scavenging

Answer explanation

“The long grass had to be scythed and hoed under.

v. to feel or express sorrow or grief (a)  

• mourn
• prodding
• scavenging
• scythed

Answer explanation

“Out of respect for him, the group walked no more that day, but took time to mourn the man who had been their leader.”

v. to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed (a)  

• mourn
• prodding
• scavenging
• scythed

Answer explanation

“The soldiers were forcing some of them into the water, prodding them with their rifle butts...”

adj. cruel, pitiless (a)  

• merciless
• emaciated
• frigid
• frantic

Answer explanation

“Swollen by the rains, the Gilo river’s current would be merciless.”

adj. desperate (a)  

• frantic
• emaciated
• frigid
• merciless

Answer explanation

“At times Salva felt almost frantic at the delays and frustrations.”

adj. extremely cold (a)  

• emaciated
• frigid
• frantic
• merciless

Answer explanation

“The frigid air hit Salva’s face like a slap.”

adj. to make or become extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation (a)  

• emaciated
• frigid
• frantic
• merciless

Answer explanation

“It did not seem as if the camp could possibly hold any more, but still they kept coming: long lines of people, some emaciated...”

n. a confusing mass, a jumble (a)  

• welter
• chaos
• despair
• peril

Answer explanation

“The rain, the mad current, the bullets, the crocodiles, the welter of arms and legs, the screams, the blood...He had to get out somehow.”

n. a state of utter confusion and disorder (a)  

• chaos
• despair
• peril
• welter

Answer explanation

“The chaos was immediate.”