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	My Digital Vocabulary Glossary
Source	Word	How it was used in the book.	What the dictionary says.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry	meticulously	Always meticulously neat, six year old Little-Man never allowed dirt or tears or stains to mar anything he owned.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry	raucous	Christopher-John's whistling increased to a raucous, nervous shrill, and grudgingly I let the matter drop and trudged along in a moody silence, my brothers growing as pensively as quiet as I.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry	emaciated	When the fields ended and the Granger forest fanned both sides of the road with long overhanging branches, a tall, emaciated- looking boy popped suddenly from a forest trail and swung a thin arm around Stacey.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry	dismally	Little-Man shook a threatening fist into the thick air then looked dismally down at himself.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry	briskly	Jeremy kicked the dust briskly and looked toward the north.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry	flounced	"Hey, Cassie," said Mary Lou Wellever, the principal's daughter, as she flounced by in a new yellow dress.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry	skittish	Jason whined loudly, growing skittish as the lights approached, and when the slowed and braked before the house he slunk beneath the porch.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry	triumphant	But none of us could succeed for more than a few minutes without letting out a triumphant giggle.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry	disgruntled	No longer laughing, they moved spiritlessly toward their homes while a disgruntled Mr. Grimes leaned moodily against the raised rear end of the bus.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry	dismayed	As the dismayed driver opened the rear emergency exit, the rain poured down upon him in sharp-needled darts.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry	abruptly	Abruptly, Mama took hold of the churning stick, her eyes searching mine.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry	expounding	"See, fellows, there's a system to getting out of work," T.J. was expounding as I sat down.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry	discourse	He was quiet a moment, expecting some comment on his discourse, but no one said a word.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry	menacingly	Afterwards, both Mama and Big ma changed their clothes, then we sat, very quiet, as the heat crept sticky and wet through our clothing and the thunder banged menacingly overhead.
Sarah Bishop	firelock	"That he owns a new firelock. That he's for the revolution. That he's hot to run King George and all his men clean out of the country. And that he knows we are all against the revolution and for King George."
Sarah Bishop	muslin	"This should last until harvest time," he said, scooping grist into a muslin sack that had a big "P" printed on it.
Sarah Bishop	flax	In England, before we came to America, we had lived on a farm and raised a few sheep and planted potatoes one year and flax the next.
Sarah Bishop	pamphlet	I noticed that Chad had a pamphlet in his hand that had printing on its gray, dog-eared cover, something about Common Sense by someone called Thomas Paine.
Sarah Bishop	catamount	I told him that I'd heard he had shot a black cat as big as a catamount.
Sarah Bishop	spavined	She wasn't much of a horse; she was spavined and at least as old as I.
Sarah Bishop	neutral	She was known as a neutral, not caring much whether the patriots won or those who were loyal to the King, so she was willing to take us in.
Sarah Bishop	estuary	It sat up on a hill that overlooked the estuary that opened into the East River.
Sarah Bishop	bayonets	They bragged a great deal about how they never took prisoners, but ran them trough with a single thrust of their bayonets.
Sarah Bishop	merchants	On the door of the building was a sign that read Lambert & Sons- Sugar Merchants.
Sarah Bishop	tuppence	The women who took my shilling and tuppence had stringy hair and green eyes.
Sarah Bishop	preposterous	"Preposterous!" Captain Cunningham snorted, pausing to take a pinch of snuff.
National Geographic Explorer	stowaway	These tiny stowaways can cause big trouble.
National Geographic Explorer	immune	Good thing your skin and immune system are always working to protect you.
National Geographic Explorer	predators	Predators can't hurt these towering adults.