Week 21 VocabularyA Long Walk to Water

1/7-117th Grade

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Scarlet

Part of Speech:

Definition:

Sentence: I wore a beautiful scarlet that was as red as blood.

Maneuvers

Part of Speech:

Definition:

Sentence:I have to learn the different maneuvers needed to drive a boat.

Wheeling

Part of Speech:

Definition:

Sentence: We were all wheeling after everyone in the class failed the midterm.

Cunning

Part of Speech:

Definition:

Sentence: The cunning student tried to convince the teacher that they had turned in their homework, but it got lost.

Vow

Part of Speech:

Definition:

Sentence: I vow to help you get all good grades this semester.

Deceive

Part of Speech:

Definition:

Sentence: I think my friend is going to deceive me by stealing my new boyfriend because she is always flirting with him.

Complexion

Part of Speech:

Definition:

Sentence: It is hard to have a good complexion as a teenager and that is why I wash my face everyday.

Frantic

Part of Speech:

Definition:

Sentence: We were frantic to finish our quiz before the period was over.

Aquifer

Part of Speech:

Definition:

Sentence: It is not as common for the aquifers to get polluted as it is for surface water to get polluted.

Remote

Part of Speech:

Definition:

Sentence: I lived in a remote village in India that was almost an hour away from a large city.