Roll of Thunder: Chapter 1 Vocabulary Flashcards


Exasperate

A feeling of annoyance.

2. Admonish

2. Counsel in terms of someone's behavior.

3. Accustom

3. Familiarize psychologically or physically.

4. Multitude

4. A large indefinite number.

5. Threadbare

5. Thin and tattered with age.

6. Underhanded

6. Marked by deception.

7. Frantic

7. In an uncontrolled manner.

8. Expansive

8. Able or tending to extend in one or more directions.

9. Emaciated

9. Feeble and wasted.

10. Disdainful

10. With contempt or scorn.

11. Sparsely

11. Lightly, with only a scattering.

12. Amiably

12. Good-naturedly

13. Vigorously

13. Energetically, with great force and energy.

14. Ferociously

14. Fiercely

15. Sulky

15. Sullen, moody

16. Indignant

16. Filled with anger aroused by injustice.

17. Collide

17. Bump into.

18. Diction

18. Choice of words, especially in regard to correctness.