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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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