Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Ch 5 Long Way Gone Vocabulary





Parched
Definition: To suffer from heat thirst or need of water.
Sentence: He felt parched since he didn’t ate for 30 days.





Muzzle
Definition: The mouth, or end for a discharge, of the barrel of the gun, pistol, etc.
Sentence: The soldier pointed the muzzle of his gun to the Prisoner.





Captives
Definition: a Captured person who is now a prisoner or a slave.
A soldier became a captive when in the Afghanistan War.






Interrogation
Definition: the act of being questioned.
Sentence: The cops interrogated a murder suspect.




Clenched
Definition: To close very tightly.
Sentence: he wanted to prove he wasn’t scared so he clenched his hands.




Inflicted
Definition: To deal or deliver something painful.
Sentence: He was inflicted pain on the prisoner by hitting him with his gun.






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