Roll of Thunder Chapter 1 Vocabulary Flashcards

Exasperate

To irritate or annoy

admonish

To scold or chew out

accustom

To get used to

multitude

more than one

threadbare

Thin and worn out

underhanded

deceitful

frantic

without control

expansive

large and limitless

emaciated

skin and bones; unhealthy

disdainful

with contempt; looking down on

sparsely

thin; few of something

loitering

hanging around without purpose

vigorously

with intensity; with great enthusiasm

ferociously

angrily; with aggression

sulky

pouting

indignant

outraged; affronted

collide

to ram into; to crash

diction

Word choice

exasperation

a feeling of annoyance

accustomed

familiarize psychologically or physical

threadbare

thin and tattered with age

frantic

in an uncontrolled manner

expansive

able or tending to extend in one or more directions

multitude

a large indefinite number

underhanded

marked by deception

admonished

counsel in terms of someone behavior

Exasperate

to excite the anger of.

Accustom

to cause (someone) to become adjusted to or familiar with something

Threadbare

having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby
<threadbare clothes>

Frantic

desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.

Emaciated

to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh.

Sparsely

thinly scattered or distributed:a sparse population

Vigorously

full of or characterized by vigor:a vigorous
effort.2.strong; active; robust:a vigorous
youngster.3.energetic; forceful:vigorous steps; a
vigorous personality.4.powerful in action or
effect:vigorous law enforcement.5.growing well, as a plant.

Sulky

marked by or given to sulking; sullen.

Collide

to strike one another or one against the other with a forceful
impact; come into violent contact; cras

Admonish

to caution, advise, or counsel against something.2.to
reprove or scold, especially in a mild and good-willed
manner:The teacher admonished him about excessive
noise.3.to urge to a duty; remind:to admonish them
about their obligations.

Multitude

1.a great number; host:a multitude of
friends.2.a great number of people gathered together;
crowd; throng.3.the state or character of being many;
numerousness.4.the multitude, the common people; the masses.

Underhanded

short-handed:By the time of the Navy game, Army usually finds
itself underhanded.

Expansive

having a wide range or extent; comprehensive;
extensive:expansive mountain scenery.2.(of a
person's character or speech) effusive, unrestrained, free, or
open:Our expansive host welcomed us warmly.3.tending
to expand or capable of expanding.4.causing
expansion:the expansive force of heat.5.working by
expansion, as an engine.6.Psychiatry. marked by an
abnormal euphoric state and by delusions of grandeur.

Disdainful

full of or showing disdain; scornful.

Loitering

to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place:to
loiter around the bus terminal.2.to move in a slow, idle
manner, making purposeless stops in the course of a trip, journey,
errand, etc.:to loiter on the way to work.3.to waste
time or dawdle over work:He loiters over his homework until one
in the morning.verb (used with object)4.to pass
(time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by
away):to loiter away the afternoon in daydreaming.

Ferociously

savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect;
violently cruel:a ferocious beating.2.extreme or
intense:a ferocious thirst.

Indignant

feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at
something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or
base:indignant remarks; an indignant expression on his face.

Diction

style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words:good

emaciated

feeble and wasted

disdainful

with contempt or scorn

sparsely

lightly with only a scattering

loitering

dawdling hanging around

vigorously

energetically with great force and energy

ferociously

fiercely

sulky

sullen moody

indignant

filled with anger aroused by injustice

collide

bump into

diction

choice of words especially in regard to correctness

exasperate

irritate intensely; infuriate

admonish

warn or reprimand someone firmly

accustom

make (someone or something) accept something as normal or usual

multitude

a large number

threadbare

(of cloth, clothing, or soft furnishings) becoming thin and tattered
with age

underhanded

acting or done in a secret or dishonest way

frantic

wild or distraught with fear, anxiety, or other emotion

expansive

covering a wide area in terms of space or scope; extensive or wide-ranging