A Long Walk to Water - Vocab. Ch. 1-9

Match the following

• urgent

• serious and persistent

• ritual

• relating to a religious ceremony

• official

• that which has the approval of an authority

• honored

• highly respected

• rebels

• people who fight against those in power

Match the following

• luscious

• having a rich, sweet taste

• makeshift

• in a slow and lazy way

• sluggishly

• rising and falling

• heaving

• a temporary substitute for an item which one lacks

• aimless

• without any purpose or goal

Match the following

• abundance

• suffered/withstood

• endured

• a very large quantity of something

• dismounted

• serious and stern

• solemn

• something that has been blackened by fire

• charred

• to get down off of

Match the following

• cleverly

• skillfully

• official

• highly respected

• honored

• dull

• monotonous

• that which has the approval of authority

• precise

• exact, accurate, and careful about details

Fill in the blank:

We spent an __________ weekend just lounging around the house.

• honored

• official

• ritual

• aimless

Fill in the blank:

We learned about the __________ burials of the ancient Egyptians.

• honored

• official

• ritual

• aimless

Fill in the blank:

The valedictorian is asked to make a speech as an __________ participant in the graduation ceremony.

• honored

• official

• ritual

• aimless

Fill in the blank:

Our __________ school song is sung at every football game.

• honored

• official

• ritual

• aimless

Fill in the blank:

The __________ plotted to take over a government building

• rebels

• urgent

• luscious

• makeshift

Fill in the blank:

The girl took a bite of her __________ Hershey's chocolate bar.

• rebels

• urgent

• luscious

• makeshift