A Long Walk to Water Vocabulary
Across
- 2. very large in size or amount
- 5. a person forced to leave their home because of war, danger, or disaster
- 8. continuing to try even when things are difficult
- 9. to search for and collect usable items from discarded things
- 12. very dry; having little or no rain
- 13. something temporary or quickly put together
- 14. continuing without stopping or giving up
- 16. a hard-shelled fruit used as a container for water or food
- 19. extreme tiredness or exhaustion
Down
- 1. extremely thin due to lack of food
- 3. to walk slowly and with effort because you are tired
- 4. feeling hopeless or needing something very badly
- 6. to care for and help something grow or develop
- 7. Mandy dirty or unsafe by contact with something harmful
- 10. spoke in a dull, boring tone that goes on and on
- 11. moved back or away; became more distant
- 13. dull and repetitive, always the same
- 15. a tool with a curved blade used for cutting grass or crops
- 17. to fall behind others
- 18. help or support given to people in need