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Esperanza Rising VB.
Esperanza RIsing Vocab Ch 9-13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| tule | low thick fog |
| cavernous | hollow,spacious,deep |
| repatriation | send back to one's home country. Expelled,banished |
| incense | fragrance,aroma,scent |
| riveted | concentrated,fixed,glued,focused |
| pneumonia | disease of the lungs |
| smudge pot | container for burning oil, furnace |
| taut | tight,inflexible,tense,firm |
| glycerine | moisturizer, lotion |
| suppleness | elastic,loose,limber |
| susceptible | vulnerable,prone,apt to |
| expectancy | anticipation |
| loamy | muddy,earthy |
| twinge | pang or sting |
| spigots | faucet |
| squalor | filth |
| animated | lively,active |
| lugs | box or container, crate |
| picket | protest or strike |
| repositioning | relocating,rearranging |
| deportation | send back or remove |
| despondent | hopeless,desperate |
| sweet alyssum | flower |
| novena | period of prayer |
| barracks | building for soldiers, quarters |
| devoutly | seriously,religiously |
| contorted | twisted,deformed |
| bushels | units of volume, bunches |
| supervisors | managers |
| symphonies | harmonies of sound |
| skeptically | doubtfully, unbelivingly |
| hovered | remain suspended |
| buoyed up | keep afloat,uplift |
| cacaphony | mixture,discordinate |
| skein | twisted quantity, ball |