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Esperanza Ch 9-13
vocab quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| tule | low thick fog |
| cavernous | hollow,spacious,deep |
| repatriation | sent back to ones home country,expeled,vanished |
| nativity | manger scene |
| incense | aroma,scent,fragrance |
| riveted | concentrated,fixed,glued,focused |
| pneumonia | disease of the lungs |
| smudge pod | container for burning oil,furnace |
| taut | tight,inflexible,tense,firm |
| glycerine | moisturizer,lotion |
| suppleness | elasitc,loose,limber |
| suscepriblel | prone,apt to,vulnerable |
| expectancy | anticipation |
| loamy | muddy,earthy |
| tqinge | pang,sting |
| spicots | faucets |
| squalor | filth |
| animated | lively,active |
| lugs | box,container,crate |
| oiket | protestmstrike |
| repositioning | relocationg,rearranging |
| deportation | to send back,remove |
| despondent | hopeless,desperate |
| sweet alyssum | flower |
| novena | period of oprayer |
| barracks | building for soldiers, quarters |
| devoutly | seriously,religiously |
| contorted | twisted,deformed |
| bushehls | bunches,units fo volume |
| supervisors | managers |
| symphonies | harmonies fo sound |
| skeotically | doubtfully,unbelievinly |
| hovered | remains suspended |
| buoyed up | kept afloat,uplifted |
| cacaphony | mixture,discordant |
| skein | ball,twisted quantity |