Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry vocabulary Ch. 8-9

1. Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry vocabulary Ch. 8-9 Sauntered p.179 Feign (ed) p.174 Banished p.182 Impaled p.170 Generate(d) p.183 Seep p.195 Suspicious(ly) p.172 Prophesied p.189 Persnickety p.197 Indignant p.182

2. Sauntered-v “I took Lillian Jean’s books, and as we sauntered down the road, I only half listened to her;” p.179

3. Banished-v “Miss Crocker raised her hand, indicating that she did not want to hear another word, and banished me to the very last row in front of the window.” p.182

4. Generate(d)-v “She spoke of the cruelty of it; of the rich economic cycle it generated as slaves produced the raw products for the factories of the North and Europe;” p.183

5. Suspicious(ly)-adv “Yeah?’ commented Lillian Jean suspiciously.”

6. Persnickety-adj. “She ain’t so persnickety since Cassie stopped bein’ her friend.” p. 197

7. Feign(ed)-v “All right, all right.’ T.J. smiled in feigned apology.” p. 174

8. Impaled-v “Papa impaled Mr. Granger with an icy stare.” p. 170

9. Seep- v “It seeped unseen into the waiting red earth in early March, softening the hard ground for the coming plow and awakening life that had lain gently sleeping through the cold winter.” p. 195

10. Prophesied –vb. “If he ain’t now, he gonna be,’ prophesied Little Man, his tiny fists balled for action.” p. 189

11. Indignant- adj. “As soon as Miss Crocker turned away, I mumbled a few indignant phrases, then hugged my Christmas sweater to me.”