1. Long Walk to Water
Vocab list 1

2. Cradle
Verb
To hold gently or carefully

3. Droned
Verb
To make a continuous low humming sound

4. aimless Adjective Without a clear purpose or specific reason.
Ex. When students are bored in class, they will ask to go to the bathroom, then wander aimlessly through the halls.

5. bush Noun Wild, unsettled area
(similar to the woods in our area, but instead of trees, there are large bushes)

6. rebels
Noun
People who resist against a government, often through force or violence.

7. hesitate
Verb
To pause before acting (often due to fear or uncertainty.

8. Scurry
Verb
To move at a quick pace.
(Often implies the urge to hide.)

9. protested
Verb
A formal statement of disagreement or disapproval

10. objected
Verb
Expressing one’s disagreement or disapproval of something.

11. ritual
Noun
A ceremony in which events are done in a specific form or order (often, but not always religious)

12. flinched
Verb
A quick nervous movement of the body as an instinctive reaction to fear, surprise or pain.

13. artillery
Noun
A military branch of the army that uses large caliber guns
These troops are ground troops, as opposed to the navy, which is in the water, or the air force, which is in the sky.