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A Long Walk to Water

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  • impressive
    deserving attention, admiration, or respect : making a good impression
  • central idea
    the main idea, what do you picture happening?
  • assessment
    the act of making a judgment about something
  • contrast
    to compare (two people or things) to show how they are different
  • determine
    to officially decide (something) especially because of evidence or facts
  • point of view
    a way of looking at or thinking about something : viewpoint
  • occurred
    happened
  • empathy
    the feeling that you understand and share another person's experiences and emotions
  • discussion
    doing or achieving a lot : working hard and getting good results
  • gnu
    a wildebeest, a large African animal that has long curving horns
  • productive
    doing or achieving a lot : working hard and getting good results
  • effective
    producing a result that is wanted : having an intended effect
  • ethical
    involving questions of right and wrong behavior : relating to ethics
  • identify
    to know and say who someone is or what something is
  • norms
    standards of proper or acceptable behavior
  • objetive
    something you are trying to do or achieve : a goal or purpose
  • stumbled
    to hit your foot on something when you are walking or running so that you fall or almost fall OR to speak or act in an awkward way
  • luscious
    having a very appealing taste or smell
  • quote
    to repeat (something written or said by another person) exactly
  • support
    to agree with or approve of (someone or something)
  • summarize
    to tell (information) again using fewer words
  • generate
    to produce (something) or cause (something) to be produced
  • infer
    to form (an opinion) from evidence : to reach (a conclusion) based on known facts
  • antelope
    an animal in Africa and Asia that looks like a deer, has horns pointing up and back, and runs very fast
  • gourdfull
    a gourd that is full of something
  • shapes
    to influence the development of (something) : to help (something) become what it is
  • theme
    the main subject that is being discussed or described in a piece of writing, a movie, etc.
  • wildebeest
    a gnu, a large African animal that has long curving horns
  • research
    careful study that is done to find and report new knowledge about something
  • protested
    to show or express strong disagreement with or disapproval of something
  • stunted
    to stop (someone or something) from growing or developing
  • develop
    to create (something) over a period of time
  • respect
    a feeling of admiring someone or something that is good, valuable, important, etc.
  • sluggishly
    moving slowly or lazily
  • strategies
    a careful plan or method for achieving a particular goal usually over a long period of time
  • harrowing
    very painful or upsetting
  • gist
    the general or basic meaning of something said or written
  • displaced
    to force (people or animals) to leave the area where they live
  • analyze
    the general or basic meaning of something said or written
  • connotation
    an idea or quality that a word makes you think about in addition to its meaning
  • haven
    a place where you are protected from danger, trouble, etc.