Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Vocabulary List

1. thunder
2. cry, holler
3. mar
4. grumble, grouse, gripe
5. protest
6. frown, furrow
7. squint
. glance, peep, pee!
". peer, spy
1#. haste, hastened, hastily
11. eager
12. pester
13. ridicule
14. humiliate
15. flounce
16. smir!
17. goad
1. sympathy, compassion
1". wary, cautious, suspicious
2#. switch
21. $egro, colored
22. pre%udice, racism, discrimination
23. the &i'il (ar 161)165
24. *nion, +an!ee
25. &onfederate, ,ebel
26. plantation
27. acre
2. pasture
2". cotton gin
3#. *ncle -om
31. ,econstruction
32. the .reat /epression
33. sharecropper, tenant farmer
34. shantytown
35. 000, nightriders
36. lynch
37. mortgage note
3. title
3". property ta1es
4#. debt
41. credit
42. collateral
43. ledger
44. trench
45. gully
46. slope
47. ban!
4. boycott
4". bootleg
5#. mumble, mutter, murmur
51. stammer, stutter
52. chain gang
53. re'i'al
54. weary
55. dus!, dim
56. fade, faint
57. pale, wan, ashen
5. flee, fled
5". shrug
6#. to sha!e one2s head
61. startle, astonish
62. glare, scowl
63. sigh
64. giggle
65. snic!er
66. flabbergasted, dumbfounded, dumbstruc!
67. plead
6. timid
6". nod
7#. tremble, qui'er, qua'er
71. grimace
72. blush
73. ga3e
74. hesitate
75. reluctant
76. sho'e
77. sob, weep
7. grin
7". an1ious
#. shudder
1. chuc!le
2. confidence
3. hysterical, in hysterics, in stitches, crac! up
4. pu33le, bewilder, baffle, befuddle
5. surround
6. bawl, blubber, wail
7. concerned
. shi'er
". dull
"#. deaf
"1. glisten, glitter, glint, gleam
"2. beam
"3. sour grapes
"4. dri33le, sprin!le
"5. aloof
"6. gasp
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"7. blin!
". wince, cringe, flinch
"". win!
1##. lot
1#1. ember, cinder
1#2. gulp
1#3. swear, cuss, curse
1#4. halt
1#5. 'ague
1#6. dawn
1#7. swipe
1#. clench
1#". sober
11#. bitter
111. temple
112. hus!y, stoc!y
113. suffocate
114. blur
115. groan, moan
116. da3e, da3ed, in a da3e
117. grim
11. stric!en
11". smolder
12#. bla3ing
121. composition
122. mourn, grie'e
123. pout
124. to roll one2s eyes
125. cutting up
126. rednec!
127. cross)eyed
12. raccoon, coon
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