Verb
"Their region was (another word for occupied) by large herds of antelope, wildebeest, gnus..."
What is inhabited?
The act of sharing the feelings of another person.
What is sympathy?
Completely worn out or tired.
What is exhausted?
to be done or made using whatever is available, temporarily.
what is makeshift?
A shelter for persons displaced by war, political oppression or for religious beliefs.
What is a refugee camp?
To reject or fight against.
What is rebelled?
someone who opposes by force an existing government or ruling authority.
What is rebels
Extremely cold, "The ______ air hit Salva's face like a slap."
What is frigid?
In a serious manner, "If that didn't work, he would talk to them _______ and try to persuade them."
What is earnestly?
A state of utter confusion and disorder.
What is chaos?
To measure, "He kept himself awake by counting the strokes of Uncle's paddle and trying to _____ how far the canoe traveled with every twenty strokes."
What is gauge?
Another word for freedom
What is independence?
to mean serious, "His face became very _____ when Salva told him that he had not seen nor heard a single word of his family in all that time."
What is solemn?
confusing or perplexing, "The first several weeks of Salva's new life were so ________ that he was grateful for his studies..."
What is bewildering?
A fixed amount, "There was nothing to do but wait- wait for the next _____ of food..."
What is ration?
To restore to life, "Like a miracle, the small amounts of water ______ them."
What is revive or revived?
The hard-shelled fruit Salva used to drink water from.
What is a gourd?
Boring, repetitive, "The scenery and motion were so ________ that Salva might have slept...."
What is monotonous?
a conception of or belief about something, "He had a vague idea that he would like to return to Sudan someday, to help the people who lived there. Sometimes that seemed like an impossible ______."
What is notion?
Danger, "Every group had stories of terrible ______..."
What is peril?
To poke or jab with or as if with something pointed, "The soldiers were forcing some of them into the water, _____ them with their rifle butts..."
What is prodding?
The loss of feeling, "Despite the _______ in his heart, Salva was amazed to find himself walking faster and more boldly than he had before."
What is numbness?
impure or unclean
What is contaminated?
A joyous occasion for festivities.
What is a celebration?
slow-moving or inactive.
What is sluggish?