Vocabulary WordsMcBroom the Rainmaker

• regard• merciful• predict• accurate• drought

• prairie• desperately• sowing• heaved• dispositions

regard – n. thought or care

merciful – adj. kind or forgiving

predict – v. to tell beforehand

accurate – adj. – correct; exact

drought – n. period of time when there is very little rain or no rain at

all

prairie – n. a large area of level or rolling land with grass and few or

no trees

desperately – adv. hopelessly

sowing – v. planting

heaved – v. past tense of heave: to make a sound with a lot of effort or

strain

dispositions – n. plural of disposition: a natural way of

acting; mood

Fill in the blank!

• Yesterday morning, I was ______ the carrot seeds.

• Some people have no ______ for the truth.• Only dried mud remained in the riverbed as a

result of the long ______. • In math class, we have to make sure our

answers are ______.• Some early pioneers crossed the ______, while

others stopped to farm the land.

Fill in the blank!

• My parents were ______ after I apologized for breaking the rules.

• I wish I could ______ the future and know what I will be doing in ten years.

• Jen ______ the boxes up three flights of stairs to her new apartment.

• She ______ wanted to know if her best friend was accepted into Harvard University.

• I love going to Mr. Smith’s class because he is always in a good ______.