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Esperanza Rising VB.
Esperanza RIsing Vocab Ch 1-8
Question | Answer |
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arbors | alcove or shelters |
tendril | vine or stem |
scythe | blade |
vaqueros | Mexican Cowboys |
campesinos | farm workers |
premonition | warning |
camisoles | blouse |
crochet | needlework |
capricious | unpredictable |
candelabra | candlestick |
rosaries | prayer beads |
condolences | sympathies |
batiste | soft fabric |
mantilla | veil or scarf |
encroaching | invading,advancing,intruding |
strewn | scattered |
pretentious | flashy,showy |
trellises | garden lattices or archways |
pervaded | overspread or filled |
silhouetted | outline |
mortars | grinding bowls |
charred | fire-blackened, burned, seared, scorched |
renegades | traitors,rebels,outlaws,bandits |
mesmorized | bewitched,hypnotized,and awestruck |
blustery | gusty |
reeked | smelled unpleasant |
undulating | wavy |
oilcloth | tarp or canvas |
russet | brownish-red, copper |
intimate | personal |
disembarked | unloaded, filled off |
panorama | view or scenery |
untethered | untied |
stacotto | short,crisp,disconnected |
tamarisk | shrub |
bestowed | granted,given,offered,presented,entrusted |
anticipating | expecting or awaiting |
debris | rubble or remains |
unrelenting | persistent or persisting |
ridicule | mockery |
shrine | a holy place or sanctuary |
grotto | cave or cavern |
swaddled | wrapped |
antrocious | horrendous,awful,disgusting |
propelled | driven,push |
spasm | attack,seizure,fit |
regimented | assigned,ordered,controlled, organized |
spores | cell,germs,bacterium particles |