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Esperanza Vocab
Esperanza Rising
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| premonition | feeling that something bad will happen |
| capricious | likely to change suddenly and for no apparent reason |
| propriety | quality of being proper |
| anguish | great suffering as from worry, grief, or pain; agony |
| indignation | anger at something that seems unjust, unfair |
| devious | not in a straight path; roundabout - straying from the right way; not honest |
| renegades | a person who abandons a party, or movement and goes over to the other side; traitor |
| mesmerized | to hypnotize; to spellbound |
| undulating | having a way, form, margin or surface |
| cherubs | any child with a sweet, innocent face; or a chubby baby angel |
| careening | to lean or tip to one side; to lean or roll from side to side while moving fast |
| staccato | made up of abrupt, distinct elements or sounds |
| brooded | to ponder in a troubled way; to keep thinking about something in a distressed or troubled way |
| loomed | to come into sight in a sudden or frightening way |
| foreman | a person in charge of a group of workers |
| accosting | to come close to and speak in a bold or impolite way |
| trellis | frame of crossed stripes, especially of wood on which vines or other climbing plants are grown |
| taunting | to make fun of with scornful words; jeer at; to tease |
| accustomed | customary, usual; regular use - to cause to get used to something |
| atrocious | very cruel, evil, unpleasant, or bad |
| encrusted | to cover with a crust or layer |
| immunized | to make or protect against a disease especially by vaccination |
| susceptible | having feelings that are easily affected; very sensitive |
| bedraggled | looking like something that has been dragged through mud; wet and dirty; untidy; messy |
| slogans | word or phrase used by political party or business, to get attention or advertise a product |
| lug | wooden box used to transport fruit or vegetables |
| picket | a person such as a member of a labor union on strike standing or walking outside a factory, or store to show protest |
| deportation | the act of leaving a country by official order; banish |
| relapse | to fall back into an earlier condition, especially into illness after seeming to get better |
| escort | to go along with or accompany |
| infuriate | to make very angry in rage |
| grandeur | great size, beauty, dignity, etc. |
| tendril | any of the small, curly stems that hold up a climbing plant by coiling around something |
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mdancer
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