A Long Walk to Water Vocabulary

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He realized that for the first time on the trip, it was a good thing to be the youngest and smallest. The men were not interested in his clothes. When the men had finished their looting, they picked up Uncle’s gun. Looting means...?

The first man called out to his friend in a language Nya did not understand. The friend answered in the same language, but as he walked back toward the group, he translated for the chief, and Nya could hear him. Translated means...?

The sun was relentless and eternal: There was neither wisp of cloud nor whiff of breeze for relief. Relentless means..?

Which word in an antonym for solemn?

Early that afternoon, they came across the first evidence that the desert was receding: a few stunted trees near a shallow pool of muddy water. Receding means...?

“But it seemed they had all forgotten that, for Salva now had to beg for scraps, which were given grudgingly.” A synonym for grudgingly is...

His lips became cracked and parched. Parched most likely means?

“They were able to stagger to their feet and join the group as the walking continued.” Stagger means...?