Roll Of Thunder

Set: Roll Of Thunder

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	Term	Definition
	Raucous	Rough-sounding and harsh
	Pensively	Deeply, often wistfully or dreamily thoughtful
	Sharecropping	Working(land) or growing (crops) as a sharecropper.
	Emaciated	Made or Became extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation
	Undaunted	not discoraged or disheartened; resolutely courageous
	Morosely	Sullenly melancholy; gloomy
	Disdainfully	Expressively disdainful; scornfully and contemptuously
	dismally	dreadfully; disastrously
	Knell	sound of a bell
	transposed	put into a different place or order
	milling	moving around in churning confusion
	reverberated	reechoed ( a sound)
	dubious	Fraught with uncertainty or doubt
	Penchant	a definite liking; a strong inclination
	Temerity	foolhardy disregard of danger. recklessness
	Chignon	A roll or knot of hair worn at the back of the head or especially at the nape of the neck
	Maverick	one that refuses to abide by the dictates of or resists adherence to a group, a dissenter
	Imperiously	Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
	Formidable	Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
	Ornate	Elaborately, heavily, and often excessively ornamented
	Chiffonier	A narrow, High chest of drawers or bureau, often with a mirror attached
	resiliency	the property of a meterial that enables it to resume its original shape or position after being bent, streched, or compressed
	emitted	to give or send out matter (a smell)
	donned	to put on (clothing)
	Embittered	to arouse bitter feelings in
	Flippantly	casually
	moronic	regarded as very stupid
	wafted	conveyed or sent floating through the air
	stealthily	marked by or acting with quiet, caution, and secrecy intended to avoid notice
	oblivious	lacking conscious awareness
	adamantly	stubbornly
	confer	to meet in order to deliberate together or compare views
	precariously	Dangerously lacking in security or stability
	expounding	explained in detail
	discourse	conversation
	admonished	To counsel another against something to be avoided
	haughtily	scornfully and condescendingly proud
	riveted	to engross or hold attention
	feigned	pretended
	fathom	to penetrate to the meaning or nature of, comprehend
	proprietors	one who has legal title to something, an owner
	rigging	the arrangement of sails and related gear on a ship
	furl	to roll up and fasten
	huddled	crowded or nestled next to
	vast	of very large size; enormous; huge
	beams	long, horizontal pieces of wood or metal shaped for use, as in the frame of a building or ship
	lurked	lay hidden; stayed out of sight
	settlement	an area newly settled by people, a colony
	Envisioned	Pictured in the Mind; imagined
	Retaliated	Paid back (an injury) in kind
	Malevolently	Wishing harm to others; maliciously
	Sullenly	Morosely or sulkily
	Ambled	Walked Slowly or Leisurely; strolled
	Languidly	Lacking energy or vitality; weakly
	Interminable	Being or seeming to be without an end; endless
	Placid	Satisfied; complacent
	Boycott	To act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion
	Insolently	Audaciously rude or disrespectful; arrogantly