A Long Walk to Water Vocab

to vomit

• gingerly

• riddle

• heave

• drone

in the air

• aloft

• heave

• torrent

• veer

to change directions quickly or suddenly

• gingerly

• torrent

• veer

• welter

used to describe something that is boring because it's alway the same

• ritual

• gingerly

• monotonous

• perseverance

a large amount of water that moves very quickly in one direction

• shanty

• ritual

• terrain

• torrent

to become smaller, weaker, or distant

• recede

• heave

• veer

• welter

to speak for a long time in a dull voice without saying anything interesting

• riddle

• drone

• recede

• monotonous

to continue on and on without becoming weaker or less severe

Example: The heavy rain was _________ as it beat down on our roof all night long.

• monotonous

• torrent (n)

• relentless

• recede

the characteristic that allows someone to continue doing something hard without giving up

• prow

• perseverance

• welter

• drench

the front of a ship

• prow

• stern

• prowl

• terrain