1. regard merciful predict accurate drought prairie desperately sowing heaved dispositions genuine moisture McBroom the Rainmakerby Sid Fleishman

2. regard – n. thought or care

3. merciful – adj. kind or forgiving

4. predict – v. to tell beforehand

5. accurate – adj. – correct; exact

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

7. prairie – n. a large area of level or rolling land with grass and few or no trees

8. desperately – adv. hopelessly

9. sowing – v. planting

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

11. dispositions – n. plural of disposition: a natural way of acting; mood

12. genuine – adj. being what it seems to be

13. scanning – v. looking closely and carefully

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