A Long Walk to Water

A Long Walk to Water Glossary

Cultivate

Plough

Haul

Drag with effort

Stride

Walk with decisive steps

Plunge

Quickly dive into something

Grasped

Clutched with hands

Gratification

A source of pleasure

Rot

Decay

Pastures

A land covered with grass and animals

scurried

moved about quickly

flinched

winced

artillery

heavy guns used in warfare

sluggishly

slowly, heavily

furrowed

wrinkled

gauge

try to judge the characteristics of something

skittered

moved or skipped about lightly

coax

try to convince someone to do something

frigid

icily cold

shanty

a crudely built hut or structure

maize

corn

sorghum

a type of tropical grass